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Gearworld: The Borderlands(2013)

★ 5.5 BGG2–4 players60 minWeight 2.90
Area MovementTrading

Games like Gearworld: The Borderlands

Looking for games like Gearworld: The Borderlands? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it. 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

Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome(2006)

★ 6.43–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
77/100

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War of Kings(2014)

★ 7.52–6 players120 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Area Movement + 1 more

Area MovementDice RollingTrading

Monster Mansion(2013)

★ 5.82–8 players45 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Movement + 1 more

Area MovementTrading

The Starfarers of Catan(1999)

★ 6.83–4 players120 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Trading

Hexagon GridTrading

L'An Mil(1986)

★ 6.64–7 players480 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Movement

Area MovementVoting

Deluges(2010)

★ 5.93–4 players90 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Movement + 1 more

Area MovementPlayer EliminationTrading

Fief 2(1989)

★ 6.83–6 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Movement

Area MovementVoting

Compounded(2013)

★ 6.72–5 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Trading

Set CollectionTrading

Magnastorm(2018)

★ 6.82–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Movement

Area MovementWorker Placement

Triomphe à Marengo(2023)

★ 8.12 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Movement

Area MovementSimulation

Cold War(1984)

★ 6.24 players180 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Movement

Area Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

Warparty(2013)

★ 7.32–4 players150 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Movement

Area MovementDice Rolling

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