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Black Hats(2025)

★ 9.0 BGG2 players45 minWeight 2.50
Deck ConstructionGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Games like Black Hats

Looking for games like Black Hats? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — built on carving out routes before your rivals box you in and a board that reshapes itself so no two games play alike. 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

The Wolves(2022)

★ 7.32–5 players75 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Grid Movement + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Japanime Tactics: Granblue Fantasy – Gran Starter Set(2024)

★ 7.32–4 players45 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Deck Construction + 3 more

Deck ConstructionGrid MovementHand Management

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-42(2008)

★ 7.51–4 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Action PointsDice RollingGrid Movement

Tobago(2009)

★ 7.12–4 players60 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Grid Movement + 3 more

DeductionGrid MovementHand Management

Norman Conquests: Men of Iron Volume V(2023)

★ 8.01–2 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Fighters of the Pacific(2023)

★ 7.81–2 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Grid MovementHexagon GridModular Board

Wormholes(2022)

★ 7.01–5 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more

Hand ManagementHexagon GridModular Board

Heroscape Master Set: Age of Annihilation(2024)

★ 8.62 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Grid Movement + 3 more

Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Small Star Empires(2016)

★ 7.12–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceEnclosureGrid Movement

The Fall Of The Third Reich(2016)

★ 7.71–4 players360 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Grant Moves South(1983)

★ 7.32 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

G.E.V.(1978)

★ 7.01–2 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Grid Movement + 2 more

Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

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