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18 games like Fort
The best games like Fort are Aeon's End, Race for the Galaxy and Dominion Intrigue — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Aeon's End shares card game, deck, hand management with Fort.
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Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Fort’s 2.4 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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1. Aeon's End (2016)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
2. Race for the Galaxy (2007)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Follow, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
3. Dominion Intrigue (2009)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · same complexity
4. Eminent Domain (2011)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Follow, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (100%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
5. Star Realms Colony Wars (2015)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: both play at 2 · ~10 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
6. Dominion (Second Edition) (2016)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
7. Hero Realms (2016)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
8. Glory to Rome (2005)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Follow, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · +0.5 heavier
9. Century Spice Road (2017)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
10. San Juan (Second Edition) (2014)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Follow, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~23 min longer · 0.3 lighter
11. San Juan (2004)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Follow, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~23 min longer · same complexity
12. Wingspan (2019)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Hand Management · 2 shared tags · 1 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~25 min longer · same complexity
13. A Few Acres of Snow (2011)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: both play at 2 · ~60 min longer · +0.6 heavier
14. Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire (2017)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: both play at 2 · about the same length · same complexity
15. Marvel Champions The Card Game (2019)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Hand Management · 2 shared tags · 1 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~38 min longer · +0.4 heavier
16. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
17. Everdell (2018)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Hand Management · 2 shared tags · 1 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
18. The 7th Continent (2017)Shares with Fort: Card Game, Hand Management · 2 shared tags · 1 of Fort’s 3 mechanics (33%)vs Fort: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~473 min longer · +0.5 heavier
Frequently asked
- What game is most like Fort?
- Aeon's End (2016) is the closest match to Fort, sharing card game, deck, hand management. It rates 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Fort?
- Aeon's End, Race for the Galaxy, Dominion Intrigue are the top-ranked alternatives to Fort 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 Aeon's End harder than Fort?
- Compared with Fort, Aeon's End is +0.4 heavier and ~30 min longer (2.8 vs 2.4 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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