Tile Placement Games
Tile Placement games feature placing a piece to score VPs or trigger actions, often based on adjacent pieces or pieces in the same group/cluster, or keying off non-spatial properties like color, "feature completion", cluster size etc.
A classic example is Carcassonne, where a player randomly draws a tile, places it next to other tiles (along with a meeple), in order to complete map features. - from Board Game Geek
Sorted by location in the store - Casual Games | Cooperative Games | Middleweight Games | Value Games | Heavyweight Games
Updated February 1, 2025
Casual Games:
Acquire: 60th Anniversary - 2-6 Players
Economic
AQUA - 1-4 Players
Drafting
Azul - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection, Best Seller
Azul Queen's Garden - 2-4 Players
Set Collection
Azul Stained Glass of Sintra - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Azul Summer Pavilion - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Azul Summer Pavilion Mini - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Between Two Cities Essential Ed - 1-6+ Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Caldera Park - 1-4 Players
Set Collection
Calico - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Carcassonne - 2-5 Players
Best Seller, Staff Pick
Cascadia - 1-4 Players
Variable Player Powers
Charcuterie: The Board Game - 2-6 Players
Set Collection
Clank! Catacombs - 2-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Push Your Luck, Variable Player Powers
Destinies - 1-3 Players
Dice, Fantasy-themed, Miniatures, Staff Pick
Dice Manor - 2-4 Players
Dice
Divinus - 2-4 Players
Dice, Fantasy-themed, Variable Player Powers
Dorfromantik: Sakura - 1-6 Players
Cooperative
Dragon Castle - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Variable Player Powers
Dreadful Meadows - 1-4 Players
Economic, Worker Placement, Variable Player Powers
Dungeon Decorators - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection
Factory Funner - 1-6 Players
Faeries & Magical Creatures - 2-4 Players
Card Game, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Take That
Foundations of Metropolis - 2-4 Players
Economic
Galaxy Trucker (2021) - 2-4 Players
Dice, Sci Fi-themed, Staff Pick
Gnome Hollow - 2-4 Players
Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Worker Placement
Habitats - 1-5 Players
Drafting
Hive - 2 Players
In the Footsteps of Darwin - 2-5 Players
Drafting
Isle of Skye From Chieftan King - 2-5 Players
Economic, Set Collection
Kutna Hora: The City of Silver - 2-4 Players
Card Game, Economic, Variable Player Powers
Leaf - 1-4 Players
Luna Capital - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Sci Fi-themed, Set Collection
Maps of Misterra - 1-4 Players
Drafting
Neuroshima Hex 3 : Year/ Moloch - 1 Player
Sci Fi-themed, Variable Player Powers
Overboss: A Boss Monster Advent - 1-5 Players
Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection
Picture Perfect - 2-4 Players
Memory
Planet Unknown - 1-6 Players
Sci Fi-themed, Variable Player Powers
Pollen - 2-4 Players
Power Plants Deluxe - 1-5 Players
Fantasy-themed
Savannah Park - 1-4 Players
Set Collection
Shake That City - 1-4 Players
Variable Player Powers
Small Islands - 1-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Staff Pick
Snack Happens - 2-4 Players
Stamp Swap - 1-5 Players
Drafting
Superstore 3000 - 2-4 Players
Takenoko - 2-4 Players
Dice, Set Collection, Best Seller, Staff Pick
The Night Cage - 1-5 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed, Horror-themed
Tribes of the Wind - 2-5 Players
Card Game, Drafting, Set Collection
Tsuro - 2-6+ Players
Staff Pick
Tsuro of the Seas - 2-6+ Players
Dice
Tsuro: Phoenix Rising - 2-6+ Players
Set Collection
Village Rails - 2-4 Players
Card Game
World Wonders - 1-5 Players
Staff Picks and Best Sellers
Azul
Azul is an award-winning board game that challenges players to create stunning tile mosaics while making strategic decisions and competing for high scores.
Carcassonne
A very simple, yet deep game that can be played as gentle or cutthroat as you like. - Eric C.
Destinies
You can play solo, up to three player or team play 2v2. It's an app-board game hybrid that has a ton of fan-made scenarios along with the regular ones. - Kat
Tsuro
It's a fast, simple game that is the perfect mix of strategy and chance. I love getting to lead people to their doom! - Alia
Cooperative Games:
Dorf Romantik - 1-6 Players
Cooperative, Variable Player Powers
Ingenious - 1-4 Players
Mists Over Carcassonne - 1-5 Players
Paint the Roses - 2-5 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed
Robinson Crusoe: Collector’s Edition - 1-4 Players
Cooperative, Dice, Worker Placement, Variable Player Powers
Ingenious
A Reiner Knizia classic - players take turns placing colored domino-style tiles on a game board, scoring for each line of colored symbols that they enlarge. The trick, however, is that a player's score is equal to their worst-scoring color, not their best, so they need to score for all colors instead of specializing in only one or two.
Middleweight Games:
A Feast for Odin - 1-4 Players
Dice, Economic, Push Your Luck, Worker Placement
Acquire - 2-6 Players
Economic
Ahoy - 2-4 Players
Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement, Variable Player Powers
Arborea - 1-5 Players
Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement
Ark Nova - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Staff Pick
Bamboo - 2-4 Players
Barcelona - 1-4 Players
Worker Placement
Castles of Burgundy Special Edition - 1-4 Players
Dice, Set Collection
Castles of Mad King Ludwig - 1-4 Players
Set Collection
City of the Living - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Economic
Dinosaur Island - 1-4 Players
Dice, Set Collection, Worker Placement
Dinosaur World - 2-4 Players
Dice, Economic, Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement
Earth - 1-5 Players
Card Game
Hickory Dickory - 1-4 Players
Set Collection, Worker Placement
Honey Buzz - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Economic, Memory, Worker Placement
Huang - 2-4 Players
Set Collection
Isle of Cats - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection
Life of the Amazonia - 1-4 Players
Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
Northgard: Uncharted Lands - 2-5 Players
Dice, Fantasy-themed, Miniatures, Variable Player Powers
Oros - 1-4 Players
Worker Placement
Tapestry - 1-5 Players
Dice, Drafting, Push Your Luck, Take That, Variable Player Powers
Terraforming Mars - 1-5 Players
Drafting, Economic, Sci Fi-themed, Take That, Variable Player Powers, Best Seller
Wayfarers of the South Tigris - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Set Collection, Worker Placement
Whistle Mountain - 2-4 Players
Worker Placement, Variable Player Powers
Wild Tiled West - 1-5 Players
Dice, Drafting
Ark Nova
Ark Nova is as close a board game gets to a "zoo tycoon" simulation. I love the huge variety of animal cards and the challenge provided by the action card system. Currently my #1 game of all time! I could play it over and over again. - Jed
Terraforming Mars
Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the Martian environment is habitable. Work together in the terraforming process, but compete for getting victory points through your contributions to the great work.
Value Games:
1001 Islands - 2-5 Players
Set Collection
A Gentle Rain - 1 Player
Akropolis - 1-4 Players
Drafting
Beacon Patrol - 1-4 Players
Cooperative
Botanik - 2 Players
Drafting, Set Collection, Take That
Captain Flip - 2-5 Players
Memory, Push Your Luck
Castellion - 1-2 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed
Donut Shop - 2-4 Players
Set Collection
Dragomino - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Fantasy-themed
Dragon Inferno - 2 Players
Festival - 2-4 Players
Forbidden Island - 2-4 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed, Sci Fi-themed, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
Forbidden Jungle - 2-5 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed, Sci Fi-themed, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
Forbidden Jungle - Survive the wild - 2-5 Players
Cooperative, Fantasy-themed, Sci Fi-themed, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers
Glasgow - 2 Players
Set Collection, Worker Placement
Kingdomino - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Best Seller, Staff Pick
Kingdomino Origins - 2-4 Players
Drafting
Labyrinth - 2-4 Players
Land vs Sea - 2-4 Players
Life in Reterra - 2-4 Players
Drafting
Link City - 2-6 Players
Cooperative, Party Game, Staff Pick
Mining Colony - 1-4 Players
Moon River - 2-4 Players
Drafting
Patchwork - 2 Players
Economic, Best Seller
Patchwork Americana - 2 Players
Drafting
Prehistories - 2-5 Players
Card Game
Qwirkle - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick
Qwirkle Cubes - 2-4 Players
Dice
Safari Splash! - 2-6 Players
Card Game, Party Game, Set Collection
Setup - 2-4 Players
Card Game, Set Collection
Ship Show - 2-6+ Players
Card Game, Cooperative, Memory
Solstis - 2 Players
Squid Inc. - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Take That
Tiny Epic Dungeons - 1-4 Players
Cooperative, Dice, Fantasy-themed, Variable Player Powers, Staff Pick
Tranquility - 1-5 Players
Card Game, Cooperative
Tranquility: The Ascent - 1-5 Players
Card Game, Cooperative
Vampire Village - 1-5 Players
Drafting
Kingdomino
Kingdomino is one of the best family games to come out in the past 5 years or so. It's fast, easy to learn, and can be replayed over and over again. I love it and so does my daughter! - Jed
Qwirkle
Players begin the game with six blocks. The start player places blocks of a single matching attribute (color or shape but not both) on the table. Thereafter, a player adds blocks adjacent to at least one previously played block. The blocks must all be played in a line and match, without duplicates, either the color or shape of the previous block.
Heavyweight Games:
Mage Knight Ultimate Edition - 1-5 Players
Card Game, Cooperative, Deckbuilding, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Variable Player Powers