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18 games like Attika
The best games like Attika are Taluva, Carcassonne The Expansion and Glen More II Chronicles — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Taluva shares city building, territory building, modular board with Attika.
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Every alternative below links to its own Attika-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s ancient / city building shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Attika’s 2.4 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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1. Taluva (2006)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
2. Carcassonne The Expansion (2002)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
3. Glen More II Chronicles (2019)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~53 min longer · +0.7 heavier
4. Key to the City London (2016)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~53 min longer · +0.4 heavier
5. Ginkgopolis (2012)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
6. Rajas of the Ganges (2017)Shares with Attika: Territory Building, Network and Route Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
7. Sprawlopolis (2018)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~35 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
8. Queendomino XL (2017)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~27 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
9. Ora et Labora (2011)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Modular Board, Network and Route Building · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~68 min longer · +1.5 heavier
10. Praetor (2014)Shares with Attika: Ancient, City Building, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~23 min longer · +0.6 heavier
11. Mexica (2002)Shares with Attika: City Building, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~38 min longer · +0.3 heavier
12. Magna Grecia (2003)Shares with Attika: Ancient, Territory Building, Network and Route Building, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~38 min longer · +0.6 heavier
13. The Castles of Burgundy (2011)Shares with Attika: Territory Building, Tile Placement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
14. In the Hall of the Mountain King (2019)Shares with Attika: Territory Building, Network and Route Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
15. China (2005)Shares with Attika: Ancient, Territory Building, Network and Route Building · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · same complexity
16. Peloponnes (2009)Shares with Attika: Ancient, City Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · same complexity
17. Gaia Project (2017)Shares with Attika: Territory Building, Modular Board, Network and Route Building · 3 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~53 min longer · +2 heavier
18. Hoyuk (2006)Shares with Attika: Ancient, City Building, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Attika’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Attika: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
Frequently asked
- What game is most like Attika?
- Taluva (2006) is the closest match to Attika, sharing city building, territory building, modular board. It rates 7.2/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Attika?
- Taluva, Carcassonne The Expansion, Glen More II Chronicles are the top-ranked alternatives to Attika in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is Taluva harder than Attika?
- Compared with Attika, Taluva is same complexity and about the same length (2.3 vs 2.4 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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