Casting Shadows(2023)
Games like Casting Shadows
Looking for games like Casting Shadows? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
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Cthulhu Wars: Duel – Extinction(2022)
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Cadwallon: City of Thieves(2010)
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Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga(2004)
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Dig Your Way Out(2019)
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The Lamps are Going Out: World War I(2016)
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Sea & Steel: Columbus' Voyages(2025)
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Crash Tackle Rugby Board Game(2001)
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Liberty: The American Revolution 1775-83(2003)
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Holdfast: Tunisia 1942-43(2018)
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Red Typhoon: The Soviet Winter Counter-Offensive, 1942(2017)
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