swap_horiz Star Realms Alternatives

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Twilight Struggle

Twilight Struggle is a strategic tabletop game simulating the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War. Players assume the...

Cold War Political Card Driven 2 Player

9.4 Excellent

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Mage Knight Board Game

Mage Knight is a strategic tabletop game where players control powerful knights exploring a vast fantasy world. The game...

Fantasy Adventure Deck Builder Solo Play

8.9 Great

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Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix

Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix is a 2021 expansion to the board game by Dirk Knemeyer, introducing the Ixian and Tleilaxu f...

Sci Fi Expansion Deck Building Worker Placement

8.7 Great

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Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2019, this cooperative card game lets players control iconic Marvel superheroes, uti...

Cooperative Superhero Deck Builder Lcg

8.6 Great

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Star Wars: Rebellion

Published in 2016 by Fantasy Flight Games, this epic asymmetrical board game recreates the Galactic Civil War, tasking t...

Sci Fi Epic Asymmetric Area Control

8.6 Great

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Dune: Imperium

Designed by Paul Dennen in 2020, this acclaimed strategy game blends deck-building with worker placement, requiring play...

Sci Fi Asymmetric Deck Building Worker Placement

8.5 Great

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Terraforming Mars: Prelude

Terraforming Mars: Prelude is a 2018 expansion for the engine-building game by Fryxgames, notable for introducing corpor...

Sci Fi Corporate Expansion Engine Building

8.5 Great

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Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is a skirmish miniatures game released by Games Workshop in 2018, adapting the larger Warham...

Sci Fi Squad Based Miniatures Skirmish

8.4 Great

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Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

Released in 2008, this cooperative game expertly captures its television source material, forcing players to manage a st...

Sci Fi Cooperative Thematic Hidden Traitor

8.4 Great

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Nemesis: Lockdown

Nemesis: Lockdown is a 2022 standalone sequel to the survival horror game by Adam Kwapiński, notable for introducing a m...

Sci Fi Horror Semi Cooperative Standalone Sequel

8.4 Great

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Cosmic Encounter

First published in 1977, this classic sci-fi game is historically influential for its design, assigning players unique a...

Sci Fi Chaotic Alien Negotiation

8.3 Great

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Anachrony

Released in 2017 by Mindclash Games, this heavy strategy game features intricate time-travel mechanics, allowing players...

Sci Fi Time Travel Worker Placement Heavy Euro

8.3 Great

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Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest two-player board games, combining strategy and probability, with origins tracing back ne...

Classic 2 Player Public Domain Roll And Move

8.2 Great

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Aeon's End

Released in 2016, this cooperative deck-building game distinguishes itself by featuring a unique market system and compl...

Fantasy Cooperative Deck Builder Boss Battle

8.1 Great

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Mage Wars

Released in 2012, this tactical dueling game is notable for allowing players to construct custom spellbooks and cast any...

Fantasy Card Game Tactical Combat Spellcasting

8.1 Great

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Hanabi

Created by Antoine Bauza in 2010, this cooperative card game won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award by challenging p...

Communication Card Game Memory Cooperative

7.9 Good

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Summoner Wars

Released in 2009 by Plaid Hat Games, this tactical card game simulates grid-based warfare, blending traditional hand man...

Fantasy Card Game Tactical Combat Grid Movement

7.9 Good

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Coup

Released in 2012 by Rikki Tahta, this social deduction game challenges players to bluff, manipulate, and deduce their wa...

Sci Fi Card Game Bluffing Hidden Role

7.4 Good

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Tiny Epic Galaxies

Designed by Scott Almes in 2015, this strategy game is famous for packing a push-your-luck dice system into a tiny box,...

Portable Sci Fi Dice Rolling Micro Game

7.4 Good

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Checkers

Checkers, known as draughts in British English, is a classic strategy board game for two players distinguished by its si...

Classic 2 Player Public Domain Abstract Strategy

7.3 Good