Star Wars has permeated every aspect of our culture, from toys and LEGO sets to the realm of tabletop gaming. You might be surprised to learn that the array of board and roleplaying games inspired by this iconic franchise offers several exceptional choices. These games vary widely, from simpler options to expansive games filled with detailed miniatures, each providing a unique experience that captures the essence of the beloved film series. All these games are readily available for you to enjoy right away.
### Star Wars: The Mandalorian Adventures Board Game
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0See it at Amazon### Star Wars Shatterpoint - Core Set
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars: Unlimited
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace – A Love Letter Game
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars: The Clone Wars Board Game
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side
0See it at Amazon### Star Wars: Outer Rim
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### Star Wars: The Mandalorian Adventures Board Game
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Age Range: 12+
Players: 1-4
Playtime: 30-60 mins
If your love for Star Wars was reignited by The Mandalorian series, you can now immerse yourself in its world with this captivating tabletop game. Players assume the roles of beloved characters from the show, including IG-11 and Mando himself, and choose an episode to play from the ring binder of maps. The cooperative gameplay revolves around a novel action system where accumulating action cards triggers enemy responses, requiring strategic planning to manage the pace and counter threats. Packed with narrative references to the series and surprise variant envelopes, each session of The Mandalorian: Adventures promises a fresh and thrilling experience.
### Star Wars: Bounty Hunters
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Age Range: 10+
Players: 2-6
Playtime: 20-30 mins
Ever wanted to step into the shoes of Star Wars' notorious bounty hunters? This fast-paced drafting game lets you do just that. Players draw cards from four decks—hunters, targets, contracts, and the Jawa Market, which includes droids and other goodies. You play one card and pass the rest to your neighbor, aiming to assemble enough hunters and droids to match a target's shield values and take it down for points, with contracts offering bonuses for specific combos. It's a thrilling, quick game filled with your favorite characters, perfect for embracing your inner villain.
### Star Wars Shatterpoint - Core Set
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 2
Playtime: 90-120 mins
Shatterpoint is the latest addition to the Star Wars tabletop gaming scene, brought to you by Atomic Mass Games, the creators of X-Wing and Legion, as well as the acclaimed Marvel Crisis Protocol. This game focuses on small units from the Clone Wars era, offering a vibrant and focused experience with larger 40mm miniatures. The gameplay is dynamic and swift, featuring unique mechanics that provide depth and tactical challenge. While the complexity might occasionally slow down the play, it offers a sophisticated experience with modern touches for those eager to dive into this exciting new title.
### Star Wars: Unlimited
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Age Range: 12+
Players: 2+
Play Time: 20 mins
Following the success of Disney Lorcana in 2023, the trading card game format has seen a resurgence, and Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars: Unlimited is capitalizing on this trend. Launched in March 2024, this game offers straightforward gameplay that incorporates common TCG elements, allowing players to spend resources to deploy equipment, characters, and vehicles. A unique feature is the alternating actions system, inspired by miniatures skirmish games, which adds a distinctive rhythm to the play. The game uses new illustrations rather than film stills, enhancing its personality and appeal.
### Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace – A Love Letter Game
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Age Range: 10+
Players: 2-6
Play Time: 20 mins
Building on the success of the 2012 card game Love Letter, Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace adds a Star Wars twist to the core framework. Players choose between two cards each turn, each with different effects and featuring iconic characters from Return of the Jedi. For example, Boba Fett lets you take a card from another player, while Salacious Crumb allows you to peek at their hand. The goal is to outlast opponents through intuition and bluffing, with the new Agenda mechanism altering the scoring each round, adding variety and tactical depth. This simple yet engaging game is perfect for a wide range of ages and comes at a very affordable price.
### Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
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Age Range: 12+
Players: 2
Play Time: 30 mins
If you and a friend want to battle it out in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game is an excellent choice. This standalone game includes all the cards needed to pit the Rebel Alliance against the Empire, making it ideal for newcomers to deckbuilding games while offering enough depth for seasoned players. If you enjoy this style of play, be sure to check out our larger list of the best deck-building board games.
### Star Wars: The Clone Wars Board Game
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 1-5
Play Time: 60 mins
If you're familiar with the game Pandemic, you'll grasp the basics of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Set during the Clone Wars era, this board game challenges the Jedi to combat Count Dooku and the Sith forces across four different scenarios, ensuring ample replay value.
### Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side
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Age Range: 10+
Players: 2-4
Play Time: 20 mins per player
Building on the success of 2018's Disney Villainous, this enhanced version lets you control iconic Star Wars villains to achieve their sinister goals. Each villain has a unique objective, such as Darth Vader's mission to turn Luke to the dark side. Players must manage resources and cards wisely, but watch out—opponents can play heroes and events from your fate deck to disrupt your plans. With new resources and the ability to venture into deep space, this game offers a more complex and strategic experience than its predecessor.
### Star Wars: Outer Rim
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 1-4
Play Time: 3-4 hrs
While many Star Wars games focus on epic battles or specific skirmishes, Outer Rim explores the lives of the galaxy's edge-dwellers—scum and villains. Your choices shape your character as you undertake missions and smuggle cargo across systems. The game's interconnected mission cards create a cohesive yet unique narrative, allowing you to upgrade your skills and ship. Whether you choose to be a heroic rogue or a sky bounty hunter, or both, the choice is yours.
### Star Wars X-Wing Second Edition
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 2
Play Time: 45 mins
The success of this tactical space combat game has inspired numerous imitations, but X-Wing stands out with its Star Wars theme and high-quality pre-painted figures, offering an immediate and nostalgic appeal for fans of the franchise. The second edition streamlined the game, adding new rules and force powers to enhance gameplay. The core game remains a fast-paced, action-packed experience, featuring ships from the Rebels, Empire, prequels, and newer films, as well as iconic rogues in Scum and Villainy.
### Star Wars: Imperial Assault
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 1-5
Play Time: 1-2 hrs
While spaceship combat in Star Wars is thrilling, the heart of the films lies in the unfolding stories, Jedi powers, and blaster battles. Imperial Assault captures this essence with its grid-based combat, where players use plastic models of film characters on interlocking map tiles. The game offers two experiences: a battle game where you select models and fight, and an ongoing adventure where one player controls the Imperial forces while the others play as Rebel heroes. Over multiple sessions and with numerous expansions, your own Star Wars saga unfolds. For more like this, check out our guide to dungeon-crawling board games.
### Star Wars: Rebellion
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 2-4
Play Time: 3-4 hrs
If controlling Star Destroyers or AT-ATs isn't grand enough for you, how about managing a Death Star? Star Wars: Rebellion lets you replay the entire rebellion on your table. The Rebel player must wage a clandestine war of insurgency and politics, swaying planets to their cause while evading the might of the Imperial navy. The Emperor and his minions aim to destroy the Rebel base, but first, they must uncover its location. Though time-consuming, Rebellion offers an engrossing, strategic, and characterful experience, featuring many popular film heroes and villains.
### Star Wars: Destiny
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Age Range: 10+
Players: 2
Play Time: 30 mins
In a bold move, Destiny revives the collectible card game format, starting with a fixed starter set featuring either Rey or Kylo Ren and expandable with blind boosters. Players build decks that span across space and time, featuring characters like Count Dooku alongside General Hux. The game's unique twist involves custom dice for each character, adding variety, speed, and excitement to the gameplay. The strategic choice between reliable but less flexible dice and more versatile options enhances the tactical depth.
### Star Wars: Legion
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Age Range: 14+
Players: 2
Play Time: 3 hrs
Legion is the ground-based counterpart to X-Wing, featuring troops and tanks instead of spaceships. Unlike X-Wing, the miniatures in Legion are not pre-painted or assembled, but don't let that deter you. Fantasy Flight Games has crafted a compelling game with innovative mechanics. The activation system requires balancing your moves, and the card-based scenario creation adds tactical variety to each game. With sculpts of beloved characters and vehicles, Legion offers a varied strategic challenge to build an effective army.
Miniatures games share similarities with board games, often featuring high-quality figures. What sets them apart is the focus on painting and converting these figures as an additional hobby, and the gameplay involves moving pieces across an open table with custom scenery, rather than a fixed board. Star Wars offers four distinct miniatures games: