Sometimes, all you need from a good night of gaming is a crushing onslaught trying to obliterate everything you know and love. The warm fuzzies found when repelling a devastating attack from aliens, hellspawn, or zombies are special, especially when you can mix that killer theme with the mechanics you prefer.

The games in this list run the gamut from wargames to worker placement, real-time dice chucking to tactical, er, dice-chucking. They’ll all shove your backs against the wall, testing your mettle, and in the unlikely event you come out victorious, offer up difficulty modes, expansions, or the rapier wit of a human opponent to further press your abilities.

If all that sounds a tad serious for board gaming, fear not: more than anything else, these games are fun. Every single one is set up to tell a great story, one you’ll love telling from start to finish. So read the list below, plant your flag, and hold your ground against board gaming’s greatest sieges.

The Great Wall

I’ve got your back . . . for a price. 

We begin with perhaps the most obvious wall around. The Great Wall is a semi-cooperative worker placement adventure wherein you and your pals must build up your forces, gather supplies, and thwart…

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