To get ideas about the thousands of existing board and table games, check out the Board Game Geek (BGG) huge library of reference info, resources and comments. Their site covers a vast sweep of board and table games.
Among other facts and opinions, BGG players rate various games for “weight” using a scale of 1 (light, simple, easy, quick) to 5 (heavy, long, difficult.) This rough rating considers things like game difficulty, quantity of game rules, number and depth of game mechanics. Here are some of our favourites compared for weight to other popular titles.
Games by weight (1-5 scale)
light
Muffin Time 1.06
Lord of the Fries 1.29
Codenames 1.36
Ecosystem 1.57
Monopoly 1.62
Cluedo (Clue) 1.6
Carcassone 1.89
Junta: Viva el Presidente 1.93
medium
Risk 2.06
Catan 2.29
Vantage 2.33
Votes for Women 2.36
Pandemic 2.4
Pandemic: Fall of Rome 2.46
Daybreak 2.86
A Gest of Robin Hood 2.97
heavier
Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship 3.05
Endless Winter: Paleoamericans 3.32
Scythe 3.45
Earthborne Rangers 3.48
Agricola 3.63
Molly House 3.64
Pax Pamir 3.67
Root 3.82
Spirit Island 4.08
in depth
Hegemony 4.22
John Company 4.45
Note that while heavier games tend to be longer, this is not a hard and fast rule! Monopoly is lengthy but not very complex.
Gaming the System organizers want the best match between your interest and a world of games. What do you like? What would you want to see? Please post in the comments and hope to see you round the table soon!
Updated from original post of 10 April, 2025