THE BEST LUXURY BOARD GAMES TO GIFT IN 2025
Games Night is making a big comeback in 2025, so if you’re looking for a great birthday gift or a housewarming present, board games are a fabulous way to get everyone involved in some serious after-dinner fun. At CB2, we love playing games, so our collection of classic puzzles, brain-teasers and head-scratchers will keep everyone of all ages entertained for hours. Here is our pick of the best luxury board games to give as a gift in 2025.
Two-player games
Many of the classics are two-player games such as chess, chequers and four-in-a-row. Chess is a timeless game of strategy you never truly master, but it’s great fun trying! Look for chess sets with an exemplary aesthetic element, such as sleek acrylic sets that almost become works of contemporary art or delicate marble sets with tactile charm and visual good looks.
Chequers is a two-player game that has been played for centuries and makes a stunning table decoration. Who can resist walking past and pausing to move a piece?
Another fun game is Tic-Tac-Toe, and in 2025, this simple yet exciting game is making a comeback with sublime sets made from polished metal and marble.
If you really want a challenge, a luxury backgammon set in a hand-turned leather case is a genuinely special gift. Backgammon is a popular game in the Middle East, and an ornate and premium quality set becomes more than just a game. It's a family heirloom!
Ancient Mancala gets a modern makeover
Mancala has been played all over the world for thousands of years. Deceptively simple yet fiendishly challenging, Mancala is set to be a big hit for 2025 as new and refined gameplay sets breathe new life into this ancient game. It might be easy to learn, but Mancala has many different strategies and is the ideal alternative to chess.
Family games
If there’s one game that never loses its appeal for a family get-together, it’s Monopoly. With hundreds of different versions available, there’s a set for every occasion and every location. If your recipient is seriously into their Monopoly, why not gift them a deluxe set, complete with an all-in-one wooden board and box with a drawer to keep all the cards, pieces, and money in one place?
A huge hit with families all over the globe is ‘Tumbling Towers', also known as Jenga. A tower of wooden blocks teeters precariously as players take turns to remove a block one by one. Tumbling Towers is perfect as a gaming gift if your recipient has children.
Puzzles galore
Jigsaw puzzles are back with a bang, and we're not talking about pictures of kittens and cute cottages but brain-melting designs that will have you obsessing about these tricky mental challenges for hours.
Our top pick – poker nights
Raise the stakes on the turn of a single card with a deluxe poker set complete with chips and high-gloss cards packed in a custom-made case for those poker nights. Load the dining table with snacks and drinks, soften the lighting and let’s get dealing. Play just for fun with the kids and teach them how to strategize and read their opponent’s ‘tells’, or clear the table for an adults-only game that goes on late into the night. Poker is one of our top picks for the top games to gift for 2025, but you can browse plenty of other options online at CB2 today.