Africana(2012)
Games like Africana
Looking for games like Africana? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the chase to complete the right combinations. 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
Valdora(2009)
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Humboldt's Great Voyage(2019)
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Multiuniversum(2016)
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Ganymede(2018)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Isla Dorada(2010)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Tintenblut(2009)
Shares Pick-up and Deliver + 2 more
Paupers' Ladder(2019)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Go: The International Travel Game(1961)
Shares Pick-up and Deliver + 2 more
Luther: Das Spiel(2016)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Railways of the World: The Card Game(2010)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Liguria(2015)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
Sumatra(2020)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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