Kings & Things(1986)
Games like Kings & Things
Looking for games like Kings & Things? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
The Others(2016)
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Wizard Kings(2000)
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Rocky Mountain Man(2020)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
Border Reivers: Anglo-Scottish Border Raids, 1513-1603(2023)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Aldarra(2024)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Black & White(2014)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
An Army at Dawn: Tunisia 1942-1943 – A Panzer Grenadier Game(2015)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Leningrad '41(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Vindication(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game(2009)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Byzantio(2013)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Bite and Treaty(2024)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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