The Legend of Zelda is a series of fantasy video games that was introduced into the gaming world in 1986 when the first game was released. Although each game is unique, they all follow the same basic premise: the character controls Link, a Hylian who is typically tasked with saving the kingdom of Hyrule and Princess Zelda from Ganon.
The Zelda games are video games and typically single player, meaning that they’re great for one person that wants to lounge on the couch and take an adventure on the big screen. But, if you’ve got a group of friends that want to sit down to a game night and go on an adventure, you’re going to need a different type of game. Luckily, there are a lot of really fun, fantasy-based tabletop games that fans of The Legend of Zelda franchise would really enjoy. To see 10 of the best tabletop games for fans of The Legend of Zelda, keep reading!
10 Mice And Mystics
Mice and Mystics is a fantasy board game in which players work together to save their kingdom. The players take on the role of various people from within the kingdom who are loyal to their king, but have been turned into field mice by the evil villain.
Each of the players controls a different character who has really unique and helpful abilities that will aid them in their journey through the kingdom to defeat evil and, eventually, be turned back into humans. This game has a heavy focus on the narrative and storytelling aspects of the game.
9 Gloomhaven
If clearing out the dungeons in the various Legend of Zelda games has always been your favorite part of playing through the games, then Gloomhaven is the perfect game for you. In Gloomhaven, players take on the role of wandering adventurers who make their way into dangerous dungeons together and work together purely out of necessity to defeat what’s inside and take the loot for themselves in order to further themselves and their abilities.
The unique cards in the game decide how the game progresses and the choices that the players make change the way that the story goes, making it a really fun game to play and re-play over and over.
8 Spirit Island
Spirit Island is a cooperative environmental game that can be played with anywhere from 1 to 4 players and can take quite a while to complete, so it’s perfect if you’re looking to get really into a deep and involved game for an evening in with friends.
In this game, the players control spirits of the land who are trying to fight back against the Invaders that have come to take over these plots of land and build on them. The players have to draw cards and then decide whether they want to use their energy in order to fight back against the Invaders.
7 Clank!
Clank! is a deck-building adventure game that’s perfect for anyone that likes to complete epic adventures and collect massive amounts of loot along the way. This game is perfect for from 2 to 4 players and can take less than an hour to complete, meaning that it’s fun for a quick game with a small group or couple of players.
Players have cards that have three different forms and can either be used to help you get more artifacts and cards into your hand, help you move around the board, or help you to fight back against the monsters in the dungeons that players enter.
6 Epic Spellwars Of The Battle Wizards
Perfect for anywhere from 2 to 6 players, Epic Spellwars of the Battle Wizards is a humorous fantasy game that’s pretty simple to learn and has games that run around half an hour, so it’s a quick card game for parties when you want to have a good time, but not get super involved in a long game or campaign.
In this game, players have to combine combinations of the unique and funny illustrated cards in order to create spells and defeat all the other players’ wizards. This game is more focused on magic and battling than the Zelda games, but the fantasy elements are still a lot of fun for fans of that game series.
5 Legacy of Dragonholt
Legacy of Dragonholt is an exploration-based fantasy tabletop game that is great for anywhere from 1 to 6 players and can be played quickly or in a long-term campaign, depending on the preference of the group you’re playing with. This game is similar to many other fantasy roleplaying games, except that players don’t need a DM to guide them through the adventure.
Players can choose from a variety of different races, including humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, and catfolk, in this game and create a character. Then, players are set out into the world to explore, interact with the people in Dragonholt Village, and complete quests.
4 Castle Panic
Castle Panic is a fun strategy game that can be played with anywhere between 1 and 6 players. In this cooperative game, players have to work together in order to defend the castle against the advancing army of enemies that are making their way in to destroy it.
This game is part of the Panic series of board games and if your family or friend group gets really into it, a lot of the other games may be fun as well. This game takes a lot of strategy and there’s also an incentive for individual players to try to get the most points so they can be named the Master Slayer at the end.
3 Sword & Sorcery
Sword & Sorcery is an in-depth fantasy game that can be played with anywhere from 1 to 5 players and can have a pretty long campaign if you’re looking for a long-term experience. Players have to work together in order to defeat the forces of evil that are taking over the world of the game.
In the game, players control heroes that have been brought back from the afterlife. This heavily damaged them, but they’re able to recoup their strength and powers through battles. In this game, players go on an epic adventure and complete quests in order to advance the story of the game.
2 Mansions Of Madness
Mansions of Madness is a super creepy, horror-based adventure game that is great for 2 to 5 players to come together and enjoy. This game is a lot more of a horror game than The Legend of Zelda series tends to be, but it’s got a strong theme like those games do and can definitely be enticing to any fans of that fantasy video game series.
This game sends players through different haunted mansions and cursed crypts where they’re forced to face whatever is lurking inside them, be it a malicious spirit or a dangerous monster. Meanwhile, one player is the keeper who controls the monsters and enemies that the other players face.
1 Wiz-War
Wiz-War is a game that was first released back in the early 1980s. This game predates the first game in The Legend of Zelda franchise, but it’s been re-released in new additions and has gotten a ton of expansions over the years, so it’s remained a popular game over the past few decades.
Wiz-War is a fun, fairly quick game for anywhere from 2 to 4 players. In this fantasy tabletop game, players all play wizards that are vying to take power from one another and defeat each other. Players can either score points by taking loot from other wizards or simply by defeating them with powerful magic.
