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. 1. The Quest for El Dorado (2017)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
   View The Quest for El Dorado on Amazon →
2. 2. PARKS (2019)
   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 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
   View PARKS on Amazon →
3. 3. Near and Far (2017)
   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
   View Near and Far on Amazon →
4. 4. Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie (2004)
   2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 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
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 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
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 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
7. 7. HeroQuest (1989)
   2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Roll / Spin and Move · 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
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 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
9. 9. Tobago (2009)
   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 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 · 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
11. 11. Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)
    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
12. 12. Champions of Midgard (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Set Collection · 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
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement · 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
14. 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 · 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
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
16. 16. Memoir '44 (2004)
    2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement · 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
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~127 min shorter · same complexity
18. 18. The Russian Campaign (1974)
    2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 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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