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BoardBench: Can AI Play Board Games?

boardbench.dev ↗ · AI Table · score 82.0
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BoardBench ranks language models by how well they play Yatzi, Scotland Yard, and Splendor against classical game engines.

Why it surfaced

Its benchmark measures mean ideal-decision rate across complete tabletop games rather than another abstract language test. The public board also shows model scores alongside per-run costs, with Claude Fable 5 Medium currently leading at 93.1.

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