
BGG is the go-to platform for every content related to board games. The most impressive feature is a catalog that gathers the whole history of the medium (128 000+ games). Titles interesting from our perspective are gathered in Music category (which includes also merely music-themed games) and under Singing mechanic (where singing is sometimes a very small part of the whole game).
One of the many features of BGG are lists and here you may find music-related ones from wiki editor, including:
- rhythm games (visit list)
- toy instruments (visit list)
- games for Karaoke (visit list)
Having a musically rich experiences to buy in a box is rather not popular. More often the game relates to music just with a setting, by employing tests of musical trivia knowledge, or by providing a theoretical education (in the school curriculum sense). Here are a few more notable titles from the Board Game Geek database, most of them closer to our library scope.
Some games on BGG
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Cacophony | sold |
Noisy charades with physical constraints |
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Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout | Brad Hessel David James Ritchie | rare |
Only a wargame, but also an inspiration and namesake for John Zorn's gamepiece |
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Dixit | Jean-Louis Roubira | sold |
With many extensions this game is a huge set of inspire cards, rules allow musical play although by default it's for speaking |
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Fairy Prank | Jeremie Kletzkine | sold |
Charming game of found sound and listening |
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Heroic Echoic | David B. H. Barton | sold |
Assemble a super-hero team by playing cards with sound effects from comics |
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Images | Peter Brötzmann | rare |
Integrates with the game Signs (visual cues) |
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Jazz: The Singing Card Game | Anxietydecending | rare |
A memory game organized around scat vocals |
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Maracas | Bruno Faidutti Hervé Marly | sold |
A listening and guessing game with percussion but minimum musical performance |
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Music City | Ian Howard | rare |
A full musical micro-game made as a promo for a board gaming convent |
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Muzundrum | J. S. Kingfisher | rare |
Theory-only. This game introduced the 12-sided Musician's Dice with pitch classes on the sides |
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Noisy Neighbors | Westley Ciaramella Keith Millman | rare |
A game of making noises, listening, and guessing |
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Patch: The Card Game | James Cigler | sold |
A deck for exploring modular synthesis with card types like "Abstraction", "Progression", or "Disruption" |
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Scott Joplin Melody Dicer | rare |
A take on Musikalisches Würfelspiel in the ragtime genre |
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Signs | Peter Brötzmann | rare |
Abstract inspire cards designed specifically for musical improvisation |
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Wee Whimsical Creatures | Bez Shahriari | sold |
The actual full title says all: "A game about WEE WHIMSICAL CREATURES and trying to identify them after someone makes noises", 80 pictures |