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18 games like Paper Tales

The best games like Paper Tales are Smash Up, Everdell and Seasons — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Smash Up shares card game, fantasy, card drafting with Paper Tales.

Ranked alternatives to Paper Tales (card game, fantasy), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Paper Tales’s medium-light weight.

1. 1. Smash Up (2012)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Hand Management
2. 2. Everdell (2018)
   1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management
3. 3. Seasons (2012)
   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting, Hand Management
4. 4. Sylvion (2015)
   1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Hand Management
5. 5. Aquatica (2019)
   1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting, Hand Management
6. 6. Smash Up Cease and Desist (2016)
   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Hand Management
7. 7. Smash Up What Were We Thinking? (2017)
   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Hand Management
8. 8. Riftforce (2021)
   2 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting, Hand Management
9. 9. Atheneum Mystic Library (2020)
   2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting, End Game Bonuses
10. 10. Dungeon Draft (2017)
    2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting, Hand Management
11. 11. Wingspan (2019)
    1–5 players · 40–70 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Card Drafting, Drafting, End Game Bonuses
12. 12. It's a Wonderful World (2019)
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Card Drafting, Drafting, End Game Bonuses
13. 13. Amul (2019)
    3–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Card Drafting, Drafting, End Game Bonuses
14. 14. Citadels Classic (2000)
    2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Drafting
15. 15. Hero Realms (2016)
    2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Hand Management
16. 16. Aeon's End (2016)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Hand Management
17. 17. Ascension Deckbuilding Game (2010)
    1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Hand Management
18. 18. Res Arcana (2019)
    2–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Paper Tales: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Hand Management

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