A Handful of Stars(2017)
Games like A Handful of Stars
Looking for games like A Handful of Stars? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on building an engine card by card as the game unfolds and the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
A Study in Emerald(2013)
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A Few Acres of Snow(2011)
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Skytear(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Suriya: The Last Horizon(2026)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Warpgate(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Blackout: Hong Kong(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Cry Havoc(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Quartermaster General: 1914(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Ignite(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
2491 Planetship(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Kemet: Blood and Sand(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
A Study in Emerald (Second Edition)(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
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