Next level board games that are played competitively or have a competitive mode. Competitive games typically have one clear winner and players may be working against one another for limited resources.
Competitive
Shovel Knight Dungeon Duels The Board Game, published by Panda Cult Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?11], is a board game implementation of the side-scrolling video game published by Yacht Club Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?12]. Like the video game, players take on the role of a shovel knight
Competitive
Whirling Witchcraft is a game published by Alderac Entertainment Group [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?Z]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of witches brewing powerful ingredients. Players pass their ingredients in hopes of blowing up their neighbor's pot before their own
Competitive
Near and Far is the sequel to Above and Below, both of which are games published by Red Raven Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?X]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the roll of travelers who recruit additional adventurers, gather resources and explore unique locations
Competitive
NOTE: This game review is slightly different because it reviews a game's expansions rather than the stand alone game. However, these expansions add so much to the original game, they are worthy of their own review. If you are unfamiliar with how The Quacks of Quedlinburg base game
Competitive
Dune: Imperium is a game published by Dire Wolf Digital [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?I]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of a leader of one of the four Great Houses from the Dune franchise. Over a series of rounds, players collect resources,
Competitive
Fuzzy Mage Fight is a game published by Shadow Squirrel Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?L]. The premise of this game is for players to take on the role of a Fuzzy Mage to collect enough magic to win. Along they way they will have to defend against attacks and
Competitive
Dice Upon a Time is a game published by Korona Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?J]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of characters from Grimms' Tales, such as Rapunzel and Thumbling, which move around the board in an effort to fulfill
Cooperative
We played the new, fully restored version of Stop Thief! by Restoration Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?9], which is a remake of the original 1979 game. The premise of the game is players take on the role of investigators tracking down a group of thieves. This game can be
Competitive
Charterstone is a village-building legacy game published by Stonemaier Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?7]. The premise of the game is to build a new village, with each player building their own charter. This is a legacy game played over 12 rounds. During each round, the board, tokens and other
Competitive
Merchants Cove: The Pearl of the 5 Realms is a game published by Final Frontier Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?B]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of merchants, each producing and selling unique goods to the incoming adventurers. The game spans three
Competitive
King of Tokyo is a game published by IELLO games. The game premise surrounds monsters invading Tokyo, each attempting to conquer it. The game mimics the Kaiju inspired movie genre and includes cool graphics and oversized dice. The first player to reach 20 victory points is declared the winner! There
Competitive
Godspeed is a game published by Pandasaurus Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?C]. The game premise surrounds the space race. Each player chooses a country to represent, and from there all players race to colonize the new planet more successfully than the other players. The player with the most victory