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18 games like Chinese Checkers

The best games like Chinese Checkers are Santorini, Calico and Onitama — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Santorini shares abstract strategy, race, team-based game with Chinese Checkers.

Every alternative below links to its own Chinese Checkers-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s abstract strategy shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Chinese Checkers’s 1.6 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Santorini (2016)
   2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Race, Team-Based Game · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min shorter · same complexity
   View Santorini on Amazon →
2. 2. Calico (2020)
   1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
   View Calico on Amazon →
3. 3. Onitama (2014)
   2 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Grid Movement · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: both play at 2 · ~12 min shorter · same complexity
   View Onitama on Amazon →
4. 4. TAMSK (1998)
   2 players · 20 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure, Grid Movement · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: both play at 2 · ~10 min shorter · +0.7 heavier
5. 5. War Chest (2018)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Grid Movement, Team-Based Game · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
6. 6. Mensa Connections (2004)
   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Team-Based Game · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
7. 7. Nova Luna (2019)
   1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Race · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
8. 8. Apotheca (2016)
   1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Grid Movement, Team-Based Game · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
9. 9. Through the Desert (1998)
   2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
10. 10. Terra Nova (2006)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure, Grid Movement · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
11. 11. The King is Dead Second Edition (2020)
    2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Team-Based Game · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
12. 12. Travel Blokus (2000)
    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
13. 13. Hive (2000)
    2 players · 20 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure, Grid Movement · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: both play at 2 · ~10 min shorter · +0.7 heavier
14. 14. TAC (2004)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Point to Point Movement, Team-Based Game · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
15. 15. New York Zoo (2020)
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Race · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
16. 16. Hey (2003)
    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Grid Movement · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min shorter · same complexity
17. 17. Cappuccino (2013)
    2–4 players · 10–20 min · ★ 6.2 · Light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure, Grid Movement · 2 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
18. 18. Vigor Blokus (2005)
    2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chinese Checkers: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure · 1 of Chinese Checkers’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Chinese Checkers: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity

Looking for the original? See the full Chinese Checkers fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.