Merchants & Marauders / Similar games

18 games like Merchants & Marauders

Ranked alternatives to Merchants & Marauders (adventure, fighting), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Merchants & Marauders’s medium weight. Xia Legends of a Drift System is the closest match.

1. 1. Xia Legends of a Drift System (2014)
   3–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Transportation, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver
2. 2. Pirate's Cove (2002)
   3–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver
3. 3. Dead Men Tell No Tales (2015)
   2–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver
4. 4. Skull Tales (2015)
   1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Action Points, Dice Rolling
5. 5. The Pirate Republic (2018)
   1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Nautical, Pirates, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
6. 6. Mansions of Madness (2011)
   2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver
7. 7. Conan (2016)
   2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
8. 8. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Nautical, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
9. 9. Batman Gotham City Chronicles (2019)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
10. 10. Cadwallon City of Thieves (2010)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
11. 11. Rum & Bones Second Tide (2017)
    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Nautical, Pirates, Action Points, Bias, Dice Rolling
12. 12. Dark Darker Darkest (2013)
    2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
13. 13. The Curse of the Black Dice (2015)
    2–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling
14. 14. Jamaica (2007)
    2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Nautical, Pirates, Transportation, Dice Rolling, Race
15. 15. Black Fleet (2014)
    3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Nautical, Pirates, Transportation, Area Movement, Pick-up and Deliver
16. 16. Viking Fury (2004)
    3–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Nautical, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
17. 17. Pirates of the Spanish Main (2004)
    2–10 players · 30 min · ★ 6.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver
18. 18. Blackbeard (1991)
    1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium
    Shares with Merchants & Marauders: Adventure, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling

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