swap_horiz Splendor 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

2

7 Wonders Duel

7 Wonders Duel cleverly adapts the popular 7 Wonders into a streamlined two-player experience. Players draft cards to bu...

Strategy Miniature Strategy Game Asymmetric

9.2 Excellent

3

Forbidden Island

Forbidden Island is a fantastic cooperative board game where players work together to retrieve four sacred treasures fro...

Adventure Family Easy To Learn Escape

9.2 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

5

Wingspan

Wingspan is a beautifully designed engine-building game centered around attracting birds to your wildlife preserve. Its...

Nature Strategy Resource Management Family Friendly

9.2 Excellent

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

Scythe

Scythe is a strategic board game set in an alternate history 1920s Eastern Europe. Players manage factions competing for...

Strategy Alt History Area Control Engine Builder

8.6 Great

11

Everdell

Everdell is a beautifully illustrated engine-building game where players construct a thriving woodland city. Through str...

Fantasy Family Friendly Beautiful Tableau

8.6 Great

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

Love Letter

Love Letter is a fast-paced card game for 2-4 players where each player attempts to deliver a love letter to the princes...

Card Game Filler Deduction Z Man Games

7.4 Good

17

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

18

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

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Starlight Dominion

Starlight Dominion is a grand strategy game where players build and expand their interstellar empires, competing for con...

Strategy Resource Management Card Game Space

5.8 Mediocre

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Monopoly

Monopoly is a property trading game where players purchase and develop properties, collecting rent from opponents who la...

Classic Family Economic Hasbro

4.5 Poor