swap_horiz Forbidden Island Alternatives

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Catan

The quintessential eurogame, *Catan* remains a hugely popular choice. Players gather resources, build settlements and ci...

Strategy Family Gateway Trading

9.3 Excellent

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Outfoxed!

Outfoxed! is a cooperative mystery game where players work together to solve the case of the missing pie. Children beco...

Family Friendly Problem Solving Family Detective

9.2 Excellent

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Pandemic

Pandemic is a board game designed for cooperative play. Players assume the roles of specialists tasked with combating fo...

Strategy Classic Cooperative Pandemic

9.2 Excellent

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Azul

Azul is a beautifully designed abstract strategy game where players draft colorful tiles to decorate their palace walls....

Strategy Family Beautiful Abstract

9.1 Excellent

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Spirit Island

Spirit Island is a deeply strategic cooperative game where players embody powerful spirits defending their island from c...

Nature Strategy Fantasy Complex

9.0 Excellent

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Jaipur

Jaipur is a quick and engaging two-player card game centered around trading goods in a bustling Indian market. Players c...

Strategy Family Friendly Fast Paced India

8.8 Great

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Telestrations

Telestrations is a hilarious combination of telephone and Pictionary. Players simultaneously sketch and guess, leading t...

Creative Family Easy To Learn Humor

8.8 Great

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Hoot Owl Hoot!

Hoot Owl Hoot! is a delightful cooperative game designed for preschoolers. Players work together to help the owls fly ho...

Educational Easy To Learn Teamwork Cooperative

8.8 Great

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Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a hugely popular and accessible route-building game where players collect colored train cars and claim...

Strategy Classic Accessible Easy

8.8 Great

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Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 is a cooperative legacy game where players work together to contain global disease outbreaks,...

Storytelling Legacy Challenging Campaign

8.6 Great

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7 Wonders

7 Wonders is a fast-paced card drafting game where players develop their civilizations over three ages. The simultaneous...

Strategy Family Civilization Card Drafting

8.3 Great

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Cascadia

Cascadia is a board game designed for families and strategy enthusiasts. Players build a realistic representation of the...

Nature Family Puzzle Tile Laying

8.2 Great

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Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Clank! is a deck-building adventure game where players explore a dragon’s fortress, strategically collecting treasure an...

Adventure Deck Building Dungeon Crawl Push Your Luck

7.9 Good

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Splendor

Splendor is a strategy board game where players collect gem tokens and develop wooden engine parts to score points, aimi...

Family Card Game Gateway Engine Builder

7.8 Good

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Sagrada

Sagrada is a strategic board game where players compete to construct Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished basilica through careful...

Family Puzzle Abstract Dice Drafting

7.7 Good

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Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

Dead of Winter – A Crossroads Game is a cooperative survival horror board game where players manage dwindling resources...

Survival Cooperative Zombie Thematic

7.7 Good

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Dixit

Dixit is a storytelling game where one player secretly selects a card and gives a clue, while others choose cards that t...

Storytelling Family Party Libellud

7.6 Good

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Mysterium

Mysterium is a cooperative deduction game where one player embodies a ghost attempting to communicate clues to their tea...

Party Cooperative Deduction Thematic

7.4 Good

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Blokus

Blokus is a strategy game for two to four players where the goal is to place colored tiles onto a board, attempting to o...

Family Abstract Spatial Tile Laying

7.2 Good

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Camel Up

Camel Up is a dexterity game where players maneuver miniature camels across an obstacle course using directional cups, r...

Family Party Dice Betting

7.1 Good