SEED GAME#29237 BGG all-time

Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame(2011)

★ 5.6 BGG2–6 players120 minWeight 2.61
Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Games like Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame

Looking for games like Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals 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

Byzantio(2013)

★ 6.32–4 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
71/100

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Leningrad '41(2017)

★ 8.01–2 players30 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
71/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Risk: Star Wars – Original Trilogy Edition(2006)

★ 6.82–5 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
71/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Dixie: Shiloh(1994)

★ 6.62 players60 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
69/100

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Holdfast: Pacific 1941-45(2017)

★ 6.61–2 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
69/100

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Swords & Sails(2019)

★ 6.82–7 players90 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
69/100

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Small World Underground(2011)

★ 7.22–5 players30 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
69/100

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Deadlands: The Battle for Slaughter Gulch(2009)

★ 5.82–6 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
68/100

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Area MovementDice RollingSecret Unit Deployment

Time War: A Game of Time Travel and Conflict(1979)

★ 5.72–4 players120 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
68/100

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Area MovementDice RollingSecret Unit Deployment

Ikusa(1986)

★ 7.02–5 players240 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
67/100

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Richard III: The Wars of the Roses(2009)

★ 7.42 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
67/100

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Area MovementCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Edgar & Lucien(2017)

★ 6.82–4 players45 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
67/100

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