Roads & Boats / Similar games

18 games like Roads & Boats

Ranked alternatives to Roads & Boats (city building, civilization), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Roads & Boats’s medium-heavy weight. &Cetera is the closest match.

1. 1. &Cetera (2003)
   1–6 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Civilization, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Grid Movement, Line Drawing, Modular Board
2. 2. The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: Civilization, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Modular Board, Network and Route Building
3. 3. DRCongo (2015)
   1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building
4. 4. Ora et Labora (2011)
   1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Modular Board, Network and Route Building
5. 5. Wildcatters (2013)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver
6. 6. High Frontier 4 All (2020)
   1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7 · Heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: Civilization, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver
7. 7. Brass Birmingham (2018)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building
8. 8. Brass Lancashire (2007)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Network and Route Building
9. 9. Underwater Cities (2018)
   1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Civilization, Industry / Manufacturing, Network and Route Building
10. 10. Clash of Cultures (2012)
    2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Civilization, Economic, Grid Movement
11. 11. Indonesia (2005)
    2–5 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Pick-up and Deliver
12. 12. Antiquity (2004)
    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Civilization, Economic, Modular Board
13. 13. Akrotiri (2014)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Roads & Boats: Civilization, Economic, Transportation, Modular Board, Pick-up and Deliver
14. 14. Patchistory (2013)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Civilization, Economic, Grid Movement
15. 15. Clinic Deluxe Edition (2020)
    1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Economic, Transportation, Pick-up and Deliver
16. 16. The Ruhr A Story of Coal Trade (2017)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Pick-up and Deliver
17. 17. Ruhrschifffahrt 1769-1890 (2012)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Pick-up and Deliver
18. 18. Clinic (2014)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Roads & Boats: City Building, Economic, Transportation, Pick-up and Deliver

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