People who play video games get really into the storylines of the games that they're playing. But, people who are super into tabletop games will know that they can be just as immersive and it can be just as easy to get lost in the world of the game and really get into the character that you're playing. In games like Dungeons & Dragons, it's so easy to really become the character that you're building.

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But, fans of tabletop games will know that D&D is far from the only immersive game out there. Although it may be among the most popular and well-known tabletop games that people like to get together with a group of friends to play, there are some out there that are definitely worth looking into.

To see 10 tabletop games that are even more immersive than Dungeons & Dragons, keep reading!

10 Arkham Horror

Arkham Horror is a game that can be played cooperatively with up to six players, so it's perfect if your gaming group is large and you want a game that allows you all to come together to work toward a common goal, rather than competing against one another.

This game is heavily inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft and is a truly creepy game. It's set in the 1920s and the players choose from one of the different investigators and set out into Arkham to try to stop the Ancient Ones from coming from another dimension and ruining the world as we know it.

9 Junta

If you and your gaming group are the type of people that really get into politically-driven games and love to debate, negotiate, and try to get ahead in the world, Junta is a game that you have to bring to your next game night. This game puts you in the role of a member of an influential family in Republica de los Bananas. One person is the President who then assigns roles to the other 1 to 6 players.

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The president is basically in charge of everything from giving out money to different funds in the Republica de los Bananas and can skip certain areas or players at any time while working out the budget for that round. Players have to negotiate with one another to try to get ahead and can choose to either work together or attempt an assassination in order to take out the competition.

8 Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars is a futuristic, science fiction game that is set in the year 2400. Humans have begun the task of preparing Mars to be inhabitable by mankind and players take on the role of one of the many corporations that have started work on the task.

This game can be played by 1 to 5 players and players have to work together in order to decide what projects to spend money on and how they can best prepare Mars for humans to move there. It takes a lot of strategy and cooperation and this game is super immersive and easy to get into for anyone that likes strategic tabletop games.

7 Captain Sonar

Captain Sonar is a game that can be played with anywhere from 2 to 6 players, but more is definitely better with this game because of the fact that the game is divided into two different teams. So, while you can play against a single friend, it's best if you have up to 8 people because then you'll have two teams of 4 to work together and compete against the other team.

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In this game, the two teams are on two different submarines. They sit on opposite sides of the table with the board up as a divider between them, so you never know what the other team is doing. This game is like a more immersive and intense version of Battleship as the teams work to try to avoid the other team's attacks while taking them out.

6 Mansions Of Madness

Mansions of Madness is a really unique board game because of the fact that it's not simply played with the pieces that come with the game. A huge part of what makes it so fun and immersive is the fact that there's an app that goes with it that you need in order to play the game.

In this cooperative game, 1 to 5 players come together to explore the spooky, cursed mansions in Arkham. This game is in the same universe and family as other immersive horror games like Arkham Horror and Eldritch Horror, but having played them to enjoy this one isn't necessary.

5 Pandemic

Pandemic is another cooperative tabletop game that's great for anywhere from 1 to 4 players. This game forces players to take on the role of doctors and researchers who are in a world where devastating diseases are ravaging the population of the Earth.

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In order to stop these viruses from spreading any further and to save life as we know it, players have to come together in order to travel to different cities, treat infected groups of people, and try to find a way to stop the viruses from spreading any further. This game is intense, full of action, and super immersive.

4 Terra Mystica

Terra Mystica is a game for 2 to 5 players. Each player represents a different group of people that live on a completely unique landscape, separate from the other players and their people.

In order to grow the landscpaes and areas that they're living on, they have to work together with other groups to trade and bargain for what they need. But, along with working with them for their own benefit, they also have to compete against them. It's a game that forces you to really be strategic and think about what you're doing so that you don't give too much power or help to someone else.

3 T.I.M.E Stories

T.I.M.E Stories is a deeply immersive game that allows players to get as into their character as they want to, like Dungeons & Dragons.

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This science fiction game is designed to be played by 2 to 4 players. Each player is an agent working for the T.I.M.E Agency, a group that ensures that temporal paradoxes don't threaten the way that our timeline in the universe is progressing. Players enter the bodies of different people in order to complete missions and can go back in time as much as they need to in order to complete the missions.

2 Eldritch Horror

Eldritch Horroris a strategic fantasy game designed for anywhere from 1 to 8 players. This game is a cooperative roleplaying game that forces players to work together in order to solve puzzles and mysteries and save the world.

In this game, players take on the role of different investigators who are traveling all over the world in order to defeat monsters and solve mysteries. Players learn about what they're going to encounter as they travel to new places through the use of special cards that give them hints, but still force them to think and solve the problems they face their on their own.

1 Carcassonne

Carcassonne is a tile-placing game that is focused on building cities and roads. This game is designed for 2 to 5 players and is set in Medieval France.

Players get points when they place tiles down and develop the land that has been placed. It takes a lot of strategy because players have to try to balance placing down tiles and pieces in order to further themselves while still making development difficult for the other players and without helping them too much.

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