BrilliAnts(2017)
Games like BrilliAnts
Looking for games like BrilliAnts? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other 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
Smash Up: Pretty Pretty Smash Up(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Summoner Wars: Alliances Master Set(2014)
Shares Grid Movement + 2 more
Courtier(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Summoner Wars: Guild Dwarves vs Cave Goblins(2009)
Shares Grid Movement + 2 more
Summoner Wars: Phoenix Elves vs Tundra Orcs(2009)
Shares Grid Movement + 2 more
End of Atlantis: Revised Edition(2013)
Shares Action Queue + 3 more
Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000(2013)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Omen: A Reign of War(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Dirge: The Rust Wars(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Smash Up: Monster Smash(2014)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Smash Up: That '70s Expansion(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Smash Up: Oops, You Did It Again(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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