SEED GAME#4489 BGG all-time

Blackbeard(1991)

★ 6.4 BGG1–4 playersWeight 3.22
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Games like Blackbeard

Looking for games like Blackbeard? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and pushing your luck against the roll. 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

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★ 8.52–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
76/100

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Silent Death(1990)

★ 7.02–8 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
74/100

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Flying Colors(2003)

★ 7.61–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
74/100

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Constantinople(2019)

★ 7.71 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
74/100

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Atlantic Chase: The Kriegsmarine Against the Home Fleet 1939-1942(2021)

★ 8.31–2 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
73/100

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Plan Orange: Pacific War 1932-1935(2015)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
71/100

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A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg(2022)

★ 8.72–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
71/100

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Across the Pacific(2010)

★ 7.92–4 players180 minWeight 3.1
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71/100

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Under the Southern Cross: The South American Republics in the Age of the Fighting Sail(2023)

★ 7.81–4 players150 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
71/100

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Atlanta Is Ours(2018)

★ 8.51–2 playersWeight 3.7
ISO Match
71/100

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1776: The Game of the American Revolutionary War(1974)

★ 6.52 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
71/100

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Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, 1942-1945(2023)

★ 8.22 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
70/100

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