Escape from Colditz / Similar games

18 games like Escape from Colditz

The best games like Escape from Colditz are The Quest for El Dorado, PARKS and Near and Far — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. The Quest for El Dorado shares adventure, card drafting, grid movement with Escape from Colditz.

Every alternative below links to its own Escape from Colditz-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / world war ii shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Escape from Colditz’s 2.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. The Quest for El Dorado (2017)

   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See The Quest for El Dorado alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 4 shared tags · 3 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · 0.3 lighter

   Check price for The Quest for El Dorado →
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   2. PARKS (2019)

   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · See PARKS alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~135 min shorter · same complexity

   Check price for PARKS →
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   3. Near and Far (2017)

   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Near and Far alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · +0.6 heavier

   Check price for Near and Far →
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   4. Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie (2004)

   2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light · See Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min shorter · same complexity
5. 

   5. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated (2019)

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

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
6. 

   6. The 7th Continent (2017)

   1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See The 7th Continent alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~323 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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   7. HeroQuest (1989)

   2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · See HeroQuest alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Roll / Spin and Move · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~90 min shorter · same complexity
8. 

   8. Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020)

   1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium · See Lost Ruins of Arnak alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~105 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
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   9. Tobago (2009)

   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · See Tobago alternatives →

   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · same complexity
10. 

    10. Street Masters (2018)

    1–4 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~97 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
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    11. 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 Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
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    12. Champions of Midgard (2015)

    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Champions of Midgard alternatives →

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
13. 

    13. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)

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

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · +2.1 heavier
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    14. A Victory Lost Crisis in Ukraine 1942-1943 (2006)

    2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~180 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. 

    15. Arcadia Quest (2014)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See Arcadia Quest alternatives →

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
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    16. Memoir '44 (2004)

    2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See Memoir '44 alternatives →

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–6 players · scales to 8 · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
17. 

    17. Undaunted Normandy (2019)

    2 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · See Undaunted Normandy alternatives →

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Card Drafting · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~127 min shorter · same complexity
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    18. The Russian Campaign (1974)

    2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium

    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~180 min longer · +0.6 heavier

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