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18 games like Alchemists

The best games like Alchemists are Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated, Spirit Island and Terra Mystica — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated shares fantasy, card drafting, end game bonuses with Alchemists.

Every alternative below links to its own Alchemists-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s deduction / fantasy shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Alchemists’s 3.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated (2019)

   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium · See Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Events · 4 shared tags · 3 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 1.2 lighter

   Check price for Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated →
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   2. Spirit Island (2017)

   1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy · See Spirit Island alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Events · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity

   Check price for Spirit Island →
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   3. Terra Mystica (2012)

   2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy · See Terra Mystica alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, End Game Bonuses · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity

   Check price for Terra Mystica →
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   4. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)

   1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy · See Mage Knight Board Game alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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   5. Citadels Classic (2000)

   2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · See Citadels Classic alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Action Drafting, Card Drafting · 4 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 8 · ~80 min shorter · 1.9 lighter
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   6. Rising Sun (2018)

   3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium · See Rising Sun alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Action Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
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   7. Everdell (2018)

   1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See Everdell alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~60 min shorter · 1.1 lighter
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   8. Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)

   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light · See Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
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   9. Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala (2014)

   2–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala alternatives →

   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Constrained Bidding, End Game Bonuses · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~60 min shorter · 1 lighter
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    10. A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) (2015)

    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy · See A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
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    11. Discworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light · See Discworld Ankh-Morpork alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Events · 3 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~60 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
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    12. Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)

    4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Deception Murder in Hong Kong alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Deduction, Events · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Alchemists: both play at 4 · scales to 12 · ~100 min shorter · 2.3 lighter
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    13. Oath Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021)

    1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy

    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~37 min shorter · same complexity
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    14. Tragedy Looper (2011)

    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy · See Tragedy Looper alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Deduction · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
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    15. Awkward Guests (2016)

    1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light · See Awkward Guests alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Card Drafting, Deduction · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~60 min shorter · 1.6 lighter
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    16. Nidavellir (2020)

    2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light · See Nidavellir alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, Constrained Bidding · 3 shared tags · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~75 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
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    17. The Shipwreck Arcana (2017)

    2–5 players · 10–30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light

    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Deduction · 3 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~100 min shorter · 1.8 lighter
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    18. A Study in Emerald (2013)

    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium · See A Study in Emerald alternatives →

    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min shorter · 0.5 lighter

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