swap_horiz Great Western Trail Alternatives

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Concordia

Concordia is a masterpiece of modern board game design. It replaces the dice-rolling luck of Catan with a elegant card-d...

Strategy Resource Management Roman Empire Eurogame

8.0 Very Good

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Lost Ruins of Arnak

Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in an Indiana Jones-style exploration theme. Players lea...

Strategy Adventure Exploration Worker Placement

8.9 Very Good

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Dune: Imperium

Dune: Imperium blends deck-building and worker placement to capture the political and military tension of the Dune unive...

Strategy Sci Fi Resource Management Competitive

8.4 Very Good

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Brass: Birmingham

Widely considered one of the greatest strategy games ever designed, Brass: Birmingham challenges players to build indust...

Strategy Resource Management Heavy Industrial

7.9 Good

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Mage Knight Board Game

Mage Knight is a notoriously complex but rewarding deck-building and dungeon-crawling game. The solo mode is a significa...

Story Driven Dungeon Crawling Complex Worker Placement

7.8 Good

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Akrotiri

Akrotiri is a worker-placement game set on the lost island of Thera, where players excavate ruins, uncover artifacts, an...

Strategy Exploration Resource Management Route Building

7.7 Good

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Wickham Market

Wickham Market is a cooperative worker placement game where players work together to manage a bustling marketplace. The...

Cooperative Worker Placement Farming Family Game

7.7 Good

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Orléans

Orléans is a worker placement game set in medieval France during the Hundred Years' War. Players deploy followers to var...

Strategy Medieval Route Building Worker Placement

7.5 Good

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Clank!

Clank! combines deck-building with a dungeon-crawling adventure. Players build decks to acquire skills and treasures whi...

Fantasy Adventure Dungeon Crawling Worker Placement

7.2 Good

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Troyes

Troyes is an auction-based worker placement game set in medieval France. Players bid on the services of guilds to collec...

Resource Management France Worker Placement Auction

7.1 Good

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Seasons

Seasons is a card drafting and set collection game where players collect cards representing different seasons and elemen...

Strategy Resource Management Card Drafting Worker Placement

6.5 Fair

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Agricola

Agricola is a seminal worker placement game where players manage a farmstead, feeding their family and expanding their h...

Strategy Card Drafting Worker Placement Farming

9.6 Brilliant

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Axis & Allies 1942.2

Axis & Allies 1942.2 is a classic World War II strategy board game where players control either the Axis or Allied power...

World War Ii Grand Strategy Historical Simulation Economic Strategy

9.5 Brilliant

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Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove is a 1989 American Western miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's novel of the same name. Widely considered...

Western Epic Story Miniseries Epic Saga

9.5 Brilliant

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Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure where players collect colored train cars and claim railway routes conn...

Strategy Family Friendly Family Railway Expansion

9.4 Excellent

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Adventure Capitalist

Adventure Capitalist takes the core clicker formula and injects it with a humorous business simulation theme. Players st...

Humor Passive Income Capitalism Idle Game

9.4 Excellent

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Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Marvel Champions is a Living Card Game (LCG) that allows players to step into the shoes of iconic Marvel heroes. While i...

Solo Cooperative Superhero Deck Building

9.3 Excellent

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SimCity BuildIt

SimCity BuildIt is a free-to-play mobile city builder that faithfully recreates the classic franchise. Players design an...

Resource Management Simulation Customization Social Interaction

9.3 Excellent

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Railroad Ink

Railroad Ink is a clever roll-and-write where players build railroad networks and roads on their personal boards. Dice r...

Route Building Spatial Puzzle Network Design Dice Driven

9.2 Excellent

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Voidfall

Voidfall is a grand strategy game set in a sprawling space opera universe. Players control unique factions vying for dom...

Strategy Space Opera Deck Building 4X Game

8.9 Very Good