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. 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 · 4 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (80%)
   vs Mensa Connections: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Ingenious Travel Edition on Amazon →
2. 2. Azul (2017)
   2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
   View Azul on Amazon →
3. 3. War Chest (2018)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Team-Based Game · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
   View War Chest on Amazon →
4. 4. Santorini (2016)
   2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Team-Based Game · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~25 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
5. 5. Qwirkle Collector's Edition (2006)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
6. 6. Samurai (1998)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
7. 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 · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~22 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
8. 8. Dragon Castle (2017)
   2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
9. 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 · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. Reef (2018)
    2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
11. 11. Travel Blokus (2000)
    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~25 min shorter · same complexity
12. 12. Cottage Garden (2016)
    1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
13. 13. Micropul (2004)
    1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Patchwork Winter Edition (2014)
    2 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Tile Placement · 1 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Mensa Connections: both play at 2 · ~22 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
15. 15. NMBR 9 (2017)
    1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Pattern Building, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~25 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
16. 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 · 3 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
17. 17. Sequence (1982)
    2–12 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.0 · Light
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Team-Based Game · 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
18. 18. Babylonia (2019)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Mensa Connections: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Mensa Connections’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Mensa Connections: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier

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