If you thought video games were an expensive hobby, you should check out board games. These things can cost a lot, so it’s great that you can save money on a bunch of popular board games during Amazon’s October Prime Day, which runs until midnight October 8. Tons of popular board game favorites are on sale right now, often at the lowest price they’ve ever been. So if you’re looking to stock up your board game collection, you’ve come to the right place.
Board Games on Sale
A wide range of board games are on sale, with a good variety of genres and prices. Pandemic Legacy is a great campaign board game to pick up if you have a board game group that meets regularly, because it’s a has you play a series of game sessions, each one leading into the next. Catan and Ticket to Ride are great beginner board games for people who are interested in getting into the kinds of deeper games on the list.
Dominion and Splendor are fantastic engine-building games that can become quite cutthroat as you and your opponents piece together resource-making machines. Azul is a beautiful game that’s easy enough to learn that you can play it with the family. If you like it, check out our Azul buying guide, which has info about the base game and its many, many spinoffs and expansions.
And if you like board games based on video games, you’re in luck here. There’s not one, but two games based on Bloodborne, the video game that everyone wants to be remastered but maybe never will? The board or card game may have to keep you occupied until it happens. Or if you’re more into the Fallouts and Cyberpunks of the world, you can pick up board games for those on sale now too.
Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN’s board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Threads.
