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18 games like Rumis

The best games like Rumis are Travel Blokus, Vigor Blokus and Blokus Trigon — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Travel Blokus shares abstract strategy, territory building, enclosure with Rumis.

Every alternative below links to its own Rumis-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s abstract strategy / territory building shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Rumis’s 1.8 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Travel Blokus (2000)
   2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
   View Travel Blokus on Amazon →
2. 2. Vigor Blokus (2005)
   2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Rumis: both play at 2 · about the same length · same complexity
   View Vigor Blokus on Amazon →
3. 3. Blokus Trigon (2006)
   2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
   View Blokus Trigon on Amazon →
4. 4. Qin (2012)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~13 min longer · +0.3 heavier
5. 5. Kraby (2009)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~13 min longer · +0.3 heavier
6. 6. Topiary (2017)
   2–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
7. 7. Fealty (2011)
   2–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
8. 8. Queendomino XL (2017)
   2–4 players · 25 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Territory Building, Enclosure, Tile Placement · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
9. 9. Alexandros (2003)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~28 min longer · +0.6 heavier
10. 10. Mensa Connections (2004)
    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~28 min longer · +0.2 heavier
11. 11. Oasis (2004)
    3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~43 min longer · +0.6 heavier
12. 12. Uptown (2007)
    2–5 players · 30–40 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~18 min longer · same complexity
13. 13. Cacao (2015)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Territory Building, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~28 min longer · same complexity
14. 14. Gunkimono (2018)
    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~35 min longer · same complexity
15. 15. Azul (2017)
    2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Tile Placement · 1 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (33%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~20 min longer · same complexity
16. 16. Mexica (2002)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Enclosure, Tile Placement · 2 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~73 min longer · +1 heavier
17. 17. Fjords (2005)
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Abstract Strategy, Territory Building, Tile Placement · 1 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (33%)
    vs Rumis: both play at 2 · ~13 min longer · same complexity
18. 18. Heartland (2009)
    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Rumis: Territory Building, Enclosure, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 3 of Rumis’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Rumis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~35 min longer · +0.4 heavier

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