Life is crazy. Everyone always seems to have somewhere to go or something to do. Thus, it is a rare and wonderful occasion when you can get together with your friends or your family to play a board game.

Board games started in 5,000 BC with what is now one of the most basic functions of many cherished board games, dice. Two thousand years later, in the courts of the early kings, the board appeared, and a worldwide human pastime was born.

You no longer need to be royal or interested in military strategy to play a board game. Board games are now fun for all the family. Yet that doesn’t mean they have lost their competitive streak.

So, it is in the spirit of competition that we have compiled the 10 Best Cheap Board games for under $20.