Legendary Inventors(2016)
Games like Legendary Inventors
Looking for games like Legendary Inventors? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. 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
Phalanxx(2016)
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Gearworks(2018)
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Caper: Europe(2022)
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Mandala(2019)
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It's Mine(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Smash Up: That '70s Expansion(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Subastral(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Smash Up: Oops, You Did It Again(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Chronicle(2009)
Shares Action Retrieval + 1 more
Smash Up: Marvel(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Smash Up: Disney Edition(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
PAX(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
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