swap_horiz Ingenious Alternatives

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Tak

Tak is an abstract strategy board game designed by James Ernest and Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2016 following a succ...

Tabletop Two Player Abstract Strategy Tile Stacking

8.8 Great

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Hive Pocket

Hive Pocket is a compact edition of Hive, the two-player abstract strategy game designed by John Yianni. Players place a...

Travel Board Game Physical Tile Placement

8.8 Great

3

Hive Carbon

Hive Carbon is a monochrome edition of Hive, the two-player abstract strategy game designed by John Yianni. It uses blac...

Board Game Physical Two Player Tile Placement

8.7 Great

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Galaxy Trucker

Galaxy Trucker is a science-fiction board game designed by Vlaada Chvátil in which players construct spacecraft from com...

Real Time Board Game Space Theme Tile Placement

8.6 Great

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Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King is a tile-laying board game designed by Andreas Pelikan and Alexander Pfister, publ...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Laying Economic

8.4 Great

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Onitama

Onitama is a two-player abstract strategy board game designed by Shimpei Sato and released in 2014. The game is played o...

Tabletop Two Player Abstract Strategy Tile Movement

8.2 Great

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Zendo

Zendo is an abstract tabletop game of inductive logic created by Kory Heath and released in 2001 using Looney Pyramids....

Abstract Tabletop Pyramids Inductive Logic

8.2 Great

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Isle of Cats

The Isle of Cats is a competitive board game designed by Frank West and published by The City of Games in 2019. Players...

Puzzle Board Game Physical Tile Placement

8.2 Great

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Shobu

Shobu is an abstract strategy board game designed for two players, originally released in 2018. The game is played on fo...

Wooden Two Player Abstract Strategy Tile Pushing

8.0 Great

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Pyramid Arcade

Pyramid Arcade is a tabletop game compilation published by Looney Labs in 2016. The set includes 22 games that use the c...

Party Game Abstract Tabletop Tile Stacking

7.8 Good

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Quadropolis

Quadropolis is a tile-laying city-building board game designed by Frank Garcia and published by Days of Wonder in 2016....

Board Game Tabletop City Building Tile Placement

7.8 Good

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Calico

Calico is a tile-placement board game designed by Kevin Russ and released in 2020. In the game, players assume the role...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Pattern Building

7.7 Good

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Barenpark

Bärenpark is a tile-laying board game designed by Phil Walker-Harding and published by Lookout Games in 2017. Players us...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Polyomino

7.6 Good

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Nova Luna

Nova Luna is a strategy board game released in 2019, designed by Uwe Rosenberg (known for Agricola and Patchwork) with a...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Pattern Building

7.5 Good

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Cacao

Cacao is a tile-placement board game designed by Phil Walker-Harding and released in 2014. Players take on the roles of...

Board Game Tabletop Worker Placement Tile Placement

7.4 Good

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Bosk

Bosk is a tabletop board game designed by Daryl Chow and published in 2019 that focuses on the changing seasons of a for...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Nature Theme

7.2 Good

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Spring Meadow

Spring Meadow is a tile-laying board game designed by Uwe Rosenberg and released in 2018 by Lookout Games. In the game,...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Polyomino

7.2 Good

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Cottage Garden

Cottage Garden is a tabletop board game designed by Uwe Rosenberg and published in 2016. It is a competitive tile-laying...

Board Game Tabletop Tile Placement Polyomino

7.1 Good

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Qin

Qin is a 2012 abstract tile-laying board game designed by Reiner Knizia and set in ancient China. Players place tiles to...

Board Game Abstract Tabletop Tile Placement

6.8 Fair

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Hanging Gardens

Hanging Gardens is a tabletop game designed by Japanese game designer Hisashi Hayashi. Its central theme is the construc...

Board Game Tabletop Drafting Tile Placement

6.6 Fair