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Paperback: 10th Anniversary Edition(2024)

★ 7.7 BGG1–5 playersWeight 2.29
ContractsDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed Purchase

Games like Paperback: 10th Anniversary Edition

Looking for games like Paperback: 10th Anniversary Edition? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and building an engine card by card as the game unfolds. 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

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Nightfall(2011)

★ 6.52–5 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

Saint Seiya: Deckbuilding(2018)

★ 7.22–5 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

Typewriter(2024)

★ 7.22–5 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingSet CollectionSpelling

Rise of Babel(2025)

★ 7.51–4 players60 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseMulti-Use Cards

Gundam Card Game(2025)

★ 7.42–4 players10 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck ConstructionDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Rick and Morty: Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind Deck-Building Game(2017)

★ 6.52–5 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseTake That

Tyrants of the Underdark(2016)

★ 7.92–4 players60 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceConnectionsDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Dominion: Second Edition(2016)

★ 7.82–4 players30 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 2 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

Dominion(2008)

★ 7.62–4 players30 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 2 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

Radlands(2021)

★ 7.72 players20 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Multi-Use Cards + 2 more

Action PointsAction QueueHand Management

Star Realms: Colony Wars(2015)

★ 7.82 players20 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 2 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

Star Realms(2014)

★ 7.52 players20 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseHand Management

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