Turncoats(2021)
Games like Turncoats
Looking for games like Turncoats? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and the squeeze of wringing the most out of a limited hand. 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
Samurai(1998)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The King Is Dead: Second Edition(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
War Chest(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Small World(2009)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Evo(2001)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Nexus Ops(2005)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: Star Wars Edition(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Joraku(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Dominance(2025)
Shares Alliances + 2 more
Dragoon(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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