Top Strategy Board Games for Teens

Pandemic is one of the best cooperative strategy games for tweens and teens. Disease is spreading across the globe and players must rush to stop it before it's too late.

You must build a strategy and work together because every round brings a chance of more outbreaks.

If your family loves Disney, you'll definitely want to add this strategy game to your list. Players spend the game as different Disney characters, battling the forces of good to become the best villain.

Strategize, sabotage, and let your evil side out while racing to complete your character's objectives before everyone else.

The goal of Ticket to Ride is to gain the most points by building routes with your trains to connect two cities. There's a ton of strategy involved though.

Should you try to lay down a bunch of smaller routes, choose a coast-to-coast one, or spend time sabotaging other players' track? Only you can decide what's the best approach for you.

Already a Ticket to Ride expert? Try your hand at one of the many other versions available.

In Photosynthesis, players earn points by taking trees from seedlings to full growth. In order for your trees to grow, you must plant them in spots on the board so they'll gain the most sunlight.

There's only so much light to go around, so your tree might block someone else's trees from gaining enough light to mature.

You'll need to decide whether you'll try to quickly grow your trees, cut off the sun's rays from other players, or a combination of the two in your quest to build the biggest forest.

And because the sun rotates around the board, you'll constantly have to strategize to absorb the most light.

This is a version of the popular strategy game Catan.

Players use the hex-style grid to lay claim to the land in the United States. Strategically head west, setting up settlements along the way while laying tracks so trains can deliver supplies to the town.

You'll have to stay focused though because players may settle an area you were looking at. Also, as players move into unclaimed land in the west, the supplies start to deplete for those still trying to build in the east.

As the mayor of a tiny town, you're trying to gather as many resources as you can to build up your grid. But there's only so many supplies to go around, so your plans are constantly being thwarted by other players.

Buildings must be placed strategically, giving this game a puzzle-like feel.

Monopoly is a classic strategy game. What adult doesn't remember all night Monopoly marathons?

The goal is to end the game with the most money, but there are a bunch of different ways to accomplish this. Will you go for the high value properties or snatch up as many smaller squares as you can?

Only you can choose the path you'll take toward building your fortune.

During this tile-laying game, players build a medieval landscape by placing 71 different tiles down adjacent to one another. You must play the tiles in a way so elements continue, like roads, fields, and cities.

As the board appears, you'll need to strategically place your "meeples" on tiles in order to earn the most points.

Players step into Europe during the Renaissance as a merchant, trying to gain prestige in order to impress the nobles.

You'll strategically vie for gem mines, acquire and sell precious jewels, use trade routes to purchase sailing vessels, and do whatever you can to improve your business.

Qwirkle is a color-tile laying game where players try to match colors and shapes. But it's not as simple as it sounds.

You'll need to use a solid strategy to find opportunities to place tiles in a place that gains maximum points.

During the game you'll play as monsters, aliens, and robots, all trying to gain control over Tokyo.

As part of your turn, you have the option to heal yourself, attack other players, go on a rampage, or improve your monster.

The player who reaches 20 victory points or ends the game with any health left, wins, so you'll need to be strategic in the actions you take throughout the game.