These are the actually good board games with big Prime Day deals, chosen by T3's board games nerd

Pandemic board game | RRP: £32.59 | Now: £24.95 |Save: £7.64 (23%) at Amazon UK
A game for our times, indeed. In this, you're all working together to stop outbreaks of four diseases. You each have a unique special power, and between you, you'll suppress outbreaks of the diseases and  collect the resources you need to create cures. Well, hopefully. The problem is, more disease appears between every single player's turn, so you need to balance careful planning with urgent triage. This is a true modern classic, there are expansions available to add more variety and fun even if you play it to death.

Jaws board game | RRP: £24.99 | Now: £15 | Save £9.99 (40%) at Amazon UK
This is a game that pits one player (as the shark) against other other players (as Brody, Quint and Hooper) in a clever game that's split over two halves. In the first half, the shark moves secretly around Amity Island, munching swimmers. The other three work together to hunt it down. Once the shark is located, you flip the entire board to reveal a boat, and the crew attempts to kill the shark, while the shark player tries to sink them. How well the shark does in the first half informs how dangerous it is in the second meaning strategy is needed on both sides.

Exploding Kittens card game | RRP: £19.99 | Now: £11.99 | Save: £8 (40%) at Amazon UK
Like Russian Roulette mixed with Uno, this is a game of trying to avoid drawing the Exploding Kitten card with will make you lose. You can play special powers to make other people draw the Exploding Kitten (you hope), you can hold a card that will actually defuse the kitten in question if you do draw it. It's a fast and simple game, and is great fun for everyone, alarming name notwithstanding.

Century: Spice Road board game | RRP: £34.99 | Now: £20.77 | Save: £14.22 (41%) at Amazon UK
A classic bit of 'easy to learn, hard to master', this is a game of gaining resources so that you can buy the things you need to gain better resources so that you can gain the points you need to win, and all faster than your opponents, hopefully. It's a lovely gentle game of trading spices, where you're in an upward spiral the whole time, always building on what you're able to do. 

Star Wars Armada: Core Set miniatures game | RRP: £79.99 | Now: £59.78 | Save: £20.21 (25%) at Amazon UK
Ever wanted to recreate the Battle of Endor? Of course you have. That's exactly what this game is for: big tactical spaceship fights between two players. One player will be the Empire, controlling a Star Destroyer and squadrons of TIE Fighters. The other controls Rebel ships. It's a really clever game where your commands don't happen immediately – the larger your ship, the more turns any order takes to happen. A Star Destroyer is a dangerous brute, but is slow to react; a Blockade Runner is slight but can respond more quickly; and those annoying little fighter squadrons can really ruin your huge ship's day. This set has everything you need to get started, but there are many more ships you can buy as add-on packs to expand your fleets in cool new ways.

Patchwork Express board game | RRP: £20.99 | Now: £13 | Save: £7.99 (38%) at Amazon UK
This is fast and small game for two players that's design to be accessible for kids and still rich enough for adults. You're competing head to head to create the nicest quilt, using shaped tiles. Can you fill in all the gaps on yours, with buttons in the most pleasing places? You'll get more points if you do. It's nice when a game rewards doing something as satisfying as making everything look neat on a board.