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18 games like Forbidden Stars

The best games like Forbidden Stars are Star Wars Rebellion, Cry Havoc and StarCraft The Board Game — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Star Wars Rebellion shares fighting, miniatures, science fiction with Forbidden Stars.

Ranked alternatives to Forbidden Stars (bluffing, fighting), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Forbidden Stars’s medium-heavy weight.

1. 1. Star Wars Rebellion (2016)
   2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
2. 2. Cry Havoc (2016)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Hand Management
3. 3. StarCraft The Board Game (2007)
   2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Play Conflict Resolution
4. 4. The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
   2 players · 90–240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
5. 5. Exodus Proxima Centauri (2012)
   2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
6. 6. Alien vs Predator The Hunt Begins (2015)
   1–3 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
7. 7. Alien vs Predator The Hunt Begins (Second Edition) (2017)
   1–3 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
8. 8. Star Wars Imperial Assault (2014)
   1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Modular Board
9. 9. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
   2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Play Conflict Resolution
10. 10. Earth Reborn (2010)
    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Bluffing, Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
11. 11. The Edge Dawnfall (2018)
    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
12. 12. Necromunda Outlanders (1996)
    2–4 players · 0 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Modular Board
13. 13. Red Alert Space Fleet Warfare (2019)
    2–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board
14. 14. Nexus Ops (2005)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
15. 15. Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
    2–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Bluffing, Fighting, Science Fiction, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Hand Management
16. 16. Gears of War The Board Game (2011)
    1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
17. 17. Impulse (2013)
    2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Bluffing, Fighting, Science Fiction, Area Majority / Influence, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Hand Management
18. 18. Deep Madness (2018)
    1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Forbidden Stars: Fighting, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board

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