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18 games like The Colonists

The best games like The Colonists are Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game, The Great Zimbabwe and Through the Ages A Story of Civilization — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game shares civilization, card drafting, hand management with The Colonists.

Every alternative below links to its own The Colonists-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s civilization shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of The Colonists’s 4.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game (2010)
   2–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Modular Board · 3 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
   View Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game on Amazon →
2. 2. The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 3 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~75 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
   View The Great Zimbabwe on Amazon →
3. 3. Through the Ages A Story of Civilization (2006)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · same complexity
   View Through the Ages A Story of Civilization on Amazon →
4. 4. Antiquity (2004)
   2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~45 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
5. 5. Civilization (1980)
   2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Hand Management · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 7 · ~165 min longer · 0.4 lighter
6. 6. Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
   2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~65 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
7. 7. StarCraft The Board Game (2007)
   2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
8. 8. BATTALIA The Creation (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 3 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
9. 9. Underwater Cities (2018)
   1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs The Colonists: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~80 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
10. 10. Prehistory (2018)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Modular Board, Tile Placement, Worker Placement · 3 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · same complexity
11. 11. Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar (2012)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Worker Placement · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
12. 12. Empires of the Void II (2018)
    2–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
13. 13. Three Kingdoms Redux (2014)
    3 players · 135–165 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Colonists: both play at 3 · ~45 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Tigris & Euphrates (1997)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
15. 15. Hegemonic (2013)
    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 3 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
16. 16. Patchistory (2013)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
17. 17. Nations (2013)
    1–5 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~75 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
18. 18. Advanced Civilization (1991)
    2–8 players · 360–480 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement · 1 of The Colonists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Colonists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 8 · ~225 min longer · 0.4 lighter

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