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The Quiet Year(2013)
Games like The Quiet Year
Looking for games like The Quiet Year? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night. 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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Crimebox Investigation(2012)
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Funemployed(2013)
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Stay Away!(2014)
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Someone Has Died(2016)
Shares Role Playing + 1 more
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Monikers: More Monikers(2018)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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Great Scott!(2016)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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Monikers: Serious Nonsense(2019)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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The Champion of the Wild (Second Edition)(2019)
Shares Open Drafting + 2 more
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Monikers: The Shut Up & Sit Down Nonsense Box(2017)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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Dubious(2021)
Shares Role Playing + 1 more
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Tussie Mussie(2019)
Shares Open Drafting
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Monikers: Shmonikers(2015)
Shares Open Drafting + 1 more
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