SEED GAME#14970 BGG all-time

Tales of Tails(2024)

★ 6.5 BGG2–4 players30 minWeight 1.50
Map AdditionPush Your LuckSet Collection

Games like Tales of Tails

Looking for games like Tales of Tails? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night — built on the chase to complete the right combinations and 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Keltis: Der Weg der Steine Mitbringspiel(2009)

★ 6.52–4 playersWeight 1.3
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 2 more

Push Your LuckSet CollectionTile Placement

Lost Cities: Das Abenteuer To Go(2018)

★ 6.42 playersWeight 1.3
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 2 more

Push Your LuckSet CollectionTile Placement

Carcassonne: Amazonas(2016)

★ 7.02–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Map Addition + 1 more

Area Majority / InfluenceMap AdditionTile Placement

River Woods(2025)

★ 7.22–4 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Map Addition + 2 more

Action PointsContractsHexagon Grid

Archaeology: The Card Game(2007)

★ 6.72–4 playersWeight 1.3
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

MarketOpen DraftingPush Your Luck

Drakborgen: En färd in i det okända(2023)

★ 7.11–4 players20 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Dice RollingPush Your LuckTile Placement

Micropolis(2018)

★ 6.82–6 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Set Collection + 1 more

Open DraftingSet CollectionTile Placement

Dragonwood(2015)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Dice RollingHand ManagementPush Your Luck

Coloretto(2003)

★ 7.02–5 players30 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Open DraftingPush Your LuckSet Collection

Conspiracy: Abyss Universe(2019)

★ 7.22–4 players30 minWeight 1.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Set Collection + 1 more

Open DraftingPattern BuildingSet Collection

Tyler Sigman's Crows(2018)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Map Addition + 1 more

Grid MovementMap AdditionTile Placement

Zooloretto(2007)

★ 6.82–5 players45 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Set Collection + 1 more

Open DraftingSet CollectionTile Placement

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