The Quick and the Undead(2020)
Games like The Quick and the Undead
Looking for games like The Quick and the Undead? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the tension of claiming the best spots before anyone else can 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
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El Dorado Canyon(2015)
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Amass(2022)
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City of Spies: Estoril 1942(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Land 6(2014)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Elector Counts(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
NewSpeak(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Evolution(2014)
Shares Push Your Luck + 2 more
Lockup: A Roll Player Tale(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Plague Inc.: The Board Game(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Boomtown Bandits(2015)
Shares Secret Unit Deployment + 2 more
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