Smash Up: Excellent Movies, Dudes!(2023)
Games like Smash Up: Excellent Movies, Dudes!
Looking for games like Smash Up: Excellent Movies, Dudes!? 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
Smash Up(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 8 more
Smash Up: What Were We Thinking?(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 7 more
Smash Up: Cease and Desist(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 7 more
Summoner Wars (Second Edition)(2021)
Shares Card Play Conflict Resolution + 4 more
Theurgy(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 5 more
Android: Netrunner(2012)
Shares Deck Construction + 3 more
Res Arcana(2019)
Shares Hand Management + 3 more
Imperium: The Contention(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
51st State: Master Set(2016)
Shares Hand Management + 3 more
The Godfather: Corleone's Empire(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Lords of Hellas(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Pagan: Fate of Roanoke(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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