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18 games like Mice and Mystics

The best games like Mice and Mystics are Mansions of Madness Second Edition, Warhammer Quest Silver Tower and Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mansions of Madness Second Edition shares adventure, exploration, fantasy with Mice and Mystics.

Every alternative below links to its own Mice and Mystics-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / animals shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Mice and Mystics’s 2.7 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~75 min longer · same complexity
   View Mansions of Madness Second Edition on Amazon →
2. 2. Warhammer Quest Silver Tower (2016)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Storytelling +1 more · 5 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (83%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · 0.4 lighter
   View Warhammer Quest Silver Tower on Amazon →
3. 3. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~45 min longer · +0.6 heavier
   View Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients on Amazon →
4. 4. Descent Journeys in the Dark (2005)
   2–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers · 3 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~105 min longer · +0.6 heavier
5. 5. Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)
   1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing · 3 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
6. 6. Massive Darkness (2017)
   1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 3 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~45 min longer · 0.2 lighter
7. 7. Zombicide Black Plague (2015)
   1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 3 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~45 min longer · 0.2 lighter
8. 8. Arcadia Quest (2014)
   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 2 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
9. 9. Hellboy The Board Game (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. Solomon Kane (2021)
    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Miniatures, Area Movement, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Storytelling +1 more · 5 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (83%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
11. 11. Betrayal at Baldur's Gate (2017)
    3–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Storytelling · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 6 · ~15 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
12. 12. Runebound Second Edition (2005)
    2–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~105 min longer · same complexity
13. 13. Claustrophobia (2009)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 2 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: both play at 2 · ~30 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
14. 14. Heroes of Terrinoth (2018)
    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
15. 15. Fireteam Zero (2015)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Storytelling, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
16. 16. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Area Movement, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 3 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
17. 17. The Undercity An Iron Kingdoms Adventure Board Game (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers · 4 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
18. 18. The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)
    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Mice and Mystics: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Cooperative Game, Role Playing · 2 of Mice and Mystics’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Mice and Mystics: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · same complexity

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