Mensa Connections / Similar games

18 games like Mensa Connections

The best games like Mensa Connections are Ingenious Travel Edition, Azul and War Chest — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Ingenious Travel Edition shares abstract strategy, hand management, highest-lowest scoring with Mensa Connections.

Every alternative below links to its own Mensa Connections-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s abstract strategy shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Mensa Connections’s 1.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Ingenious Travel Edition (2006)

   2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Highest-Lowest Scoring, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 5 shared tags · 4 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Mensa Connections: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity

   Check price for Ingenious Travel Edition →
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   2. Azul (2017)

   2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light · See Azul alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.2 lighter

   Check price for Azul →
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   3. War Chest (2018)

   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light · See War Chest alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Team-Based Game · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.4 heavier

   Check price for War Chest →
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   4. Santorini (2016)

   2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Santorini alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Team-Based Game · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~25 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
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   5. Qwirkle Collector's Edition (2006)

   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light · See Qwirkle Collector's Edition alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
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   6. Samurai (1998)

   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Samurai alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
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   7. Seikatsu A Pet's Life (2017)

   1–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~22 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
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   8. Dragon Castle (2017)

   2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light · See Dragon Castle alternatives →

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
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   9. The King is Dead Second Edition (2020)

   2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light

   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Team-Based Game · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
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    10. Reef (2018)

    2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · See Reef alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
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    11. Travel Blokus (2000)

    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light · See Travel Blokus alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~25 min shorter · same complexity
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    12. Cottage Garden (2016)

    1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light · See Cottage Garden alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
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    13. Micropul (2004)

    1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
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    14. Patchwork Winter Edition (2014)

    2 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light · See Patchwork Winter Edition alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Tile Placement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (20%)

    vs Mensa Connections: both play at 2 · ~22 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
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    15. NMBR 9 (2017)

    1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Light · See NMBR 9 alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~25 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
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    16. Tactix (1989)

    2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 4 shared tags · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
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    17. Sequence (1982)

    2–12 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.0 · Light · See Sequence alternatives →

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Team-Based Game · 4 shared tags · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 12 · ~25 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
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    18. Babylonia (2019)

    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium

    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 shared tags · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier

Looking for the original? See the full Mensa Connections fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.