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Tip of the Diceberg(2025)

★ 6.5 BGG3–5 players20 minWeight 1.50
Dice RollingLadder ClimbingTrick-taking

Games like Tip of the Diceberg

Looking for games like Tip of the Diceberg? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night — built on the read-and-react dance of winning exactly the right tricks and pushing your luck against the roll. 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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★ 6.22–5 players10 minWeight 1.0
ISO Match
79/100

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Mythical Dice(2016)

★ 6.93–6 playersWeight 1.6
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71/100

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Sakana Stack(2025)

★ 6.92–5 players15 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
69/100

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Matchstick Tycoon(2025)

★ 6.12–8 players20 minWeight 1.2
ISO Match
68/100

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Tricked-Out Hero(2014)

★ 6.22–6 players60 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Darwin's Dice(2016)

★ 6.12–4 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
68/100

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Dice RollingTrick-taking

Roll'n Bump(2011)

★ 6.22–5 playersWeight 1.2
ISO Match
68/100

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Daihinmin

★ 5.83–6 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
67/100

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Oskar(1994)

★ 5.13–6 players30 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
67/100

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Atlantic Storm: Admiral's Edition(2018)

★ 7.41–6 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

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Seers Catalog(2024)

★ 6.92–5 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
64/100

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We Need To Talk: A Trick-Taking and Shedding Game About Letting Go(2024)

★ 7.43–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
64/100

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