Games like The Castles of Burgundy

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The Magnificent(2019)

★ 7.51–4 players60 minWeight 3.1

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67/100

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Coimbra(2018)

★ 7.62–4 players60 minWeight 3.2

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65/100

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Saltfjord(2024)

★ 7.81–4 players45 minWeight 3.0

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64/100

Best at two players, just like The Castles of Burgundy, Saltfjord makes a natural head-to-head follow-up — and at 3.03 weight against 2.97, the depth is effectively the same. You'll recognize the skeleton immediately: Dice Rolling, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Open Drafting, Tile Placement, End Game Bonuses, and Variable Set-up all return. The setting shifts from medieval territory to nautical city building and farming, and Saltfjord swaps hex-grid pattern building and delayed purchases for income, set collection, variable player powers, and standard worker placement alongside the dice. It also supports solo play if you're ever short a partner.

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The White Castle(2023)

★ 8.01–4 players80 minWeight 3.0

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64/100

Medieval theme, dice workers, and depth that's a close match: The White Castle sits at 3.05 weight next to 2.97, sharing Dice Rolling, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Open Drafting, End Game Bonuses, and Variable Set-up with The Castles of Burgundy. Player counts overlap at two to four, but this one peaks at three where the original does its best work at two, and it adds solo play. The trade-off is spatial — no tile placement or hex-grid pattern building. Instead you juggle a resource queue, multi-use cards, income, and action drafting, so the decisions live in your dice choices rather than on a map.

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Monasterium(2020)

★ 7.32–4 playersWeight 3.2

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62/100

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The Voyages of Marco Polo(2015)

★ 7.82–4 players40 minWeight 3.2

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62/100

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Life of the Amazonia(2023)

★ 8.11–4 players60 minWeight 2.9

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62/100

That hex-grid tile-laying puzzle you love? Life of the Amazonia keeps it — Hexagon Grid, Pattern Building, Tile Placement, End Game Bonuses, and Variable Set-up all match, and it even shares the Animals category. At 2.86 weight against 2.97, depth is virtually the same. It's also best at two, exactly where The Castles of Burgundy shines, with solo play supported. The engine underneath changes, though: dice rolling and dice workers are replaced by bag building and set collection, trading the original's medieval territory game for a puzzle about wildlife. Same spatial satisfaction, different way of fueling it.

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Rajas of the Ganges(2017)

★ 7.72–4 players45 minWeight 2.9

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62/100

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Spectacular(2024)

★ 7.31–6 players20 minWeight 2.3

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61/100

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Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write(2021)

★ 7.71–4 players30 minWeight 2.9

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61/100

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Lorenzo il Magnifico(2016)

★ 7.82–4 players60 minWeight 3.3

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61/100

Rolling dice to determine what your workers can do — that's the shared heartbeat here. Lorenzo il Magnifico uses Dice Rolling, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Open Drafting, End Game Bonuses, and Variable Set-up just like The Castles of Burgundy, but it's a heavier lift at 3.29 weight compared to 2.97. Player-count fit diverges too: the original is happiest at two, while Lorenzo is best with a full table of four. And where the original builds hex maps through tile placement and pattern building, Lorenzo drops the spatial puzzle entirely in favor of contracts, claim-action turn order, and traditional worker placement.

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GROW SKY(2024)

★ 7.51–4 players45 minWeight 2.5

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61/100

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