Best Cooperative Board Games (Award Winners)

One where all players work as a single team against the game's own systems. There is no winner among the players — the group either beats the scenario together or loses together.

Particularly well. Nobody is eliminated, an experienced player can coach without breaking the rules, and losing is a shared outcome rather than a personal one.

It is when one confident player effectively takes over and directs everyone else's turns. Designs that hide information between players — such as co-ops where you cannot show your hand — largely prevent it.