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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party(2020)

★ 6.8 BGG2–4 players40 minWeight 2.20
Pick-up and DeliverPush Your LuckSet Collection

Games like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party

Looking for games like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party? 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 tension of claiming the best spots before anyone else can. 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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Aquanauts(2023)

★ 6.12–4 players45 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Pick-up and DeliverPush Your LuckSet Collection

Rock Hard: 1977(2024)

★ 7.52–5 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 3 more

End Game BonusesEventsPush Your Luck

Champions of Midgard(2015)

★ 7.72–4 players60 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Set Collection + 2 more

Dice RollingSet CollectionVariable Player Powers

Pieland: Attack of the SNACs(2025)

★ 8.92–4 players45 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 3 more

Dice RollingPush Your LuckSet Collection

Overdrive(2018)

★ 6.82–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 3 more

Dice RollingPush Your LuckSet Collection

Namiji(2022)

★ 7.12–5 playersWeight 1.7
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 2 more

Push Your LuckSet CollectionTrack Movement

Transmissions(2022)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Set Collection + 2 more

Hand ManagementRondelSet Collection

Relic Runners(2013)

★ 6.62–5 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Pick-up and Deliver + 2 more

Network and Route BuildingPick-up and DeliverPoint to Point Movement

Fool's Gold(2015)

★ 6.93–5 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 2 more

Commodity SpeculationDice RollingPush Your Luck

Galilean Moons(2020)

★ 7.11–4 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Set Collection + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementSet Collection

Heroes Welcome(2019)

★ 7.02–5 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Pick-up and Deliver + 2 more

Pick-up and DeliverSet CollectionWorker Placement

Star Traders(2017)

★ 7.52–6 players20 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Pick-up and Deliver + 2 more

Dice RollingPick-up and DeliverPoint to Point Movement

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