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18 games like Inis
The best games like Inis are Blood Rage, Mythic Battles Pantheon and Cyclades — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Blood Rage shares fighting, miniatures, mythology with Inis.
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Every alternative below links to its own Inis-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / exploration shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Inis’s 2.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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1. Blood Rage (2015)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Drafting · 6 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
2. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)Shares with Inis: Card Game, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Card Drafting · 6 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
3. Cyclades (2009)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 6 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · same complexity
4. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)Shares with Inis: Exploration, Medieval, Mythology, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 5 shared tags · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
5. Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion (2020)Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 4 shared tags · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
6. Rising Sun (2018)Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Action Drafting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
7. Kemet (2012)Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
8. Lords of Hellas (2018)Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
9. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement · 4 shared tags · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~75 min longer · 0.2 lighter
10. Black Rose Wars (2019)Shares with Inis: Card Game, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
11. El Grande (1995)Shares with Inis: Medieval, Action Drafting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 5 shared tags · 4 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (67%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · +0.2 heavier
12. 878 Vikings Invasions of England (2017)Shares with Inis: Medieval, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
13. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 5 shared tags · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · +1.3 heavier
14. Chaos in the Old World (2009)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)vs Inis: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. Cthulhu Wars (2015)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 4 shared tags · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
16. Scythe (2016)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence · 3 shared tags · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~28 min longer · +0.5 heavier
17. Mice and Mystics (2012)Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement · 4 shared tags · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
18. Titans (2021)Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Card Drafting · 6 shared tags · 4 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (67%)vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · same complexity
Frequently asked
- What game is most like Inis?
- Blood Rage (2015) is the closest match to Inis, sharing fighting, miniatures, mythology. It rates 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Inis?
- Blood Rage, Mythic Battles Pantheon, Cyclades are the top-ranked alternatives to Inis in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is Blood Rage harder than Inis?
- Compared with Inis, Blood Rage is same complexity and about the same length (2.9 vs 2.9 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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