The Expanse Board Game(2017)
Games like The Expanse Board Game
Looking for games like The Expanse Board Game? 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.
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Starship Samurai(2018)
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Heroes of Land, Air & Sea(2018)
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13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962(2016)
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Chaos in the Old World(2009)
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Titans(2021)
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Aristeia!(2017)
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Warpgate(2019)
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Dune: Imperium(2020)
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The Ming Voyages(2020)
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Master of Orion: The Board Game(2016)
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Soul of the Empire(2018)
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Imperium: The Contention(2021)
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