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Medina(2001)
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Looking for games like Medina? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands. 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.
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Medina (Second Edition)(2014)
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The Princes of Florence(2000)
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Deities(2022)
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Siesta(1999)
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Garden Lake(2025)
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Spring Meadow(2018)
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Trippples(1972)
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