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18 games like Pirate's Cove

The best games like Pirate's Cove are Mansions of Madness Second Edition, Merchants & Marauders and Dead Men Tell No Tales — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mansions of Madness Second Edition shares adventure, fighting, dice rolling with Pirate's Cove.

Every alternative below links to its own Pirate's Cove-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / fighting shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Pirate's Cove’s 2.0 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 Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · +0.7 heavier
   View Mansions of Madness Second Edition on Amazon →
2. 2. Merchants & Marauders (2010)
   2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · ~105 min longer · +1.2 heavier
   View Merchants & Marauders on Amazon →
3. 3. Dead Men Tell No Tales (2015)
   2–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
   View Dead Men Tell No Tales on Amazon →
4. 4. Jamaica (2007)
   2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 3 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 6 · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
5. 5. Forgotten Waters (2020)
   3–7 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling · 1 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · scales to 7 · ~105 min longer · same complexity
6. 6. Friday (2011)
   1 players · 25 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Pirates, Hand Management · 1 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: no player-count overlap (1–1 vs 3–5) · plays solo · ~50 min shorter · same complexity
7. 7. Vikings Warriors of the North (2013)
   3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 5.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Nautical, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver · 3 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
8. 8. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
   2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · ~90 min longer · +2.2 heavier
9. 9. Dead Man's Doubloons (2018)
   2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium
   Shares with Pirate's Cove: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 6 · ~30 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
10. 10. Heroes Wanted (2014)
    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver · 3 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
11. 11. Massive Darkness (2017)
    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~45 min longer · +0.5 heavier
12. 12. Pirates of the Spanish Main (2004)
    2–10 players · 30 min · ★ 6.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 10 · ~45 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
13. 13. Black Fleet (2014)
    3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Nautical, Pirates, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Champions of Midgard (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling · 1 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
15. 15. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
    1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · +2.3 heavier
16. 16. Zombicide Black Plague (2015)
    1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Adventure, Fighting, Dice Rolling · 1 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–5 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~45 min longer · +0.5 heavier
17. 17. Corsairs (2000)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · ~15 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
18. 18. Meuterer (2000)
    3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pirate's Cove: Fighting, Nautical, Pirates, Hand Management · 1 of Pirate's Cove’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Pirate's Cove: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.3 heavier

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