Pablo Escobar: The Boardgame(2018)
Games like Pablo Escobar: The Boardgame
Looking for games like Pablo Escobar: The Boardgame? 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
Council of Blackthorn(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Phalanxx(2016)
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Gardens of Mars(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Relic(2013)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Star Breach(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Talisman(1983)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
The Institute for Magical Arts(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Talisman (Third Edition)(1994)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Garden Gnomes: Violent Vendetta(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Talisman: Batman – Super-Villains Edition(2019)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Lumeria: War of the Gods(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Dragon Rampage(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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