Bardsung(2022)
Games like Bardsung
Looking for games like Bardsung? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and pulling together against a game that fights back. 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
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion(2020)
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Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread(2025)
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon(2019)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 8 more
DANTE: Inferno(2025)
Shares Action Retrieval + 9 more
Gloomhaven(2017)
Shares Action Queue + 12 more
Pericle: Gathering Darkness(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 8 more
This War of Mine: The Board Game(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 8 more
Dungeons of Doria(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 8 more
Etherfields(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Euthia: Torment of Resurrection(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth(2019)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 5 more
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