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Garden Variety(2024)

★ 6.2 BGG2–5 players10 minWeight 1.00
Dice RollingLadder ClimbingTrick-taking

Games like Garden Variety

Looking for games like Garden Variety? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night — built on the read-and-react dance of winning exactly the right tricks 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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Tip of the Diceberg(2025)

★ 6.53–5 players20 minWeight 1.5
ISO Match
79/100

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Dice RollingLadder ClimbingTrick-taking

Sakana Stack(2025)

★ 6.92–5 players15 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
73/100

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Ladder ClimbingTrick-taking

Matchstick Tycoon(2025)

★ 6.12–8 players20 minWeight 1.2
ISO Match
72/100

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Ladder ClimbingTrick-taking

Daihinmin

★ 5.83–6 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
72/100

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Ladder ClimbingTrick-taking

Oskar(1994)

★ 5.13–6 players30 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
71/100

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Dice RollingTrick-taking

Medievalia(2017)

★ 6.92–6 players30 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
68/100

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Hand ManagementLadder ClimbingTake That

SCOUT(2019)

★ 7.82–5 players20 minWeight 1.4
ISO Match
67/100

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Hand ManagementLadder ClimbingScore-and-Reset Game

Darwin's Dice(2016)

★ 6.12–4 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
66/100

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Dice RollingTrick-taking

Mori(2024)

★ 6.73–5 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
65/100

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Dice RollingOpen DraftingTrick-taking

Tricked-Out Hero(2014)

★ 6.22–6 players60 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
64/100

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Dice RollingTrick-takingVariable Player Powers

Dealt!(2018)

★ 7.03–5 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Ladder Climbing

Hand ManagementLadder ClimbingSingle Loser Game

Odin(2024)

★ 6.82–6 players15 minWeight 1.2
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Ladder Climbing

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