Amazon's October Prime Day sale may officially be over, but lots of the deals on board games are still very much live. You do still need to be a Prime member to take advantage of most of these deals. So if your board game collection could use some freshening up, you still have time to save a boat-load of cash. But you should probably hurry, because there's no telling when Uncle Amazon will turn off the deal faucet and the prices will return to normal.
Resident Evil 3: The Board Game for $38.99
Just like in the video game, you're stuck in Raccoon City during the zombie apocalypse. You and up to three friends can play as Jill, Carlos, Mikhail, or Nikolai, working together through memorable locations from the game, to escape the city with your life.
Star Wars Rebellion for $69.99
Star Wars Rebellion is a massive strategy board game that pits the power of the Galactic Empire against the upstart Rebel Alliance. To depict the scale of the war, it comes with over 150 miniatures and two boards that let you battle it out all over the empire. Meanwhile, you can send individual characters like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader on special missions to turn the tide of the battle in your favor.
Fallout: The Board Game for $44.99
This game takes everything you love about the post-apocalyptic action-RPG video game series and transplants it into a strategy board game. Each player finds themselves in a wasteland and has one objective: to survive. As you play, you'll fight monsters, encounter other characters, and make choices about which faction to align with.
Splendor for $19.97
Economic engine games, where you build an increasingly powerful economy to buy stuff to build it even more, are a popular gaming sub-genre. They don't come much simpler than this gem about... gem dealing. On your turn you take tokens to pay for gems, and each gem gives you a permanent boost to your token bank. It's a race to engineer the most efficient economy and grab the best gems. The trouble is, everyone wants the best gems too. So every turn you pump your engine, you risk losing prime resources to other players. Throw in a variety of finicky patrons to please for bonus points and you've got an engine that generates as much tension as it does tactics.
Ticket to Ride for $28.42
All aboard! Ticket to Ride isn't just about trains, but about building the best routes. The longer the route, the more points you earn. It’s a simple game to play, a bit like Rummy. You’re collecting cards of different colors and spending them to place trains on routes that match those colors. Don't let the tranquil description fool you: your opponents will be cutting you off every chance they get. It’s tough competition to become master the world’s railways. It’s also a ton of fun.
Pandemic for $20.49
Pandemic is an outstanding 2-4 player cooperative board that has you trying to stem a virulent pandemic before it destroys you. It's an older game (released in 2008) with plenty of spinoffs since then, but Pandemic is still considered by many to be a must-own part of your board game collection.