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18 games like The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion

The best games like The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion are The Settlers of the Stone Age, Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Conquest of Paradise — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. The Settlers of the Stone Age shares civilization, exploration, negotiation with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion.

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Every alternative below links to its own The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s civilization / expansion for base-game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 2.4 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. The Settlers of the Stone Age board game cover
    3–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Negotiation, Dice Rolling, Network and Route Building, Trading · 6 shared tags · 3 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (3–4 vs 5–6) · goes down to 3 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
  2. Mansions of Madness  Second Edition board game cover
    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See Mansions of Madness Second Edition alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 3 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: both play at 5 · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  3. Conquest of Paradise board game cover
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Nautical, Dice Rolling, Network and Route Building · 5 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · same complexity
  4. Imperial Settlers  Empires of the North board game cover
    1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium · See Imperial Settlers Empires of the North alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Nautical, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 1 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~52 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
  5. Twilight Imperium  Fourth Edition board game cover
    3–6 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.7 · Heavy · See Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Negotiation, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 1 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: overlaps at 5–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~240 min longer · +1.8 heavier
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization  The Board Game board game cover
    2–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-heavy · See Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Negotiation, Hand Management, Modular Board · 5 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (2–4 vs 5–6) · goes down to 2 · ~60 min longer · +1.5 heavier
  7. Akrotiri board game cover
    7. Akrotiri (2014)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Akrotiri alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Hand Management, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (2 vs 5–6) · goes down to 2 · ~75 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
  8. Star Wars  Outer Rim board game cover
    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light · See Star Wars Outer Rim alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Trading · 4 shared tags · 3 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~30 min longer · same complexity
  9. Star Trek  Ascendancy board game cover
    3 players · 180 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Exploration, Negotiation, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 5 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (3 vs 5–6) · goes down to 3 · ~60 min longer · +0.7 heavier
  10. Dead Men Tell No Tales board game cover
    2–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium · See Dead Men Tell No Tales alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Nautical, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: both play at 5 · goes down to 2 · ~52 min shorter · same complexity
  11. The 7th Continent board game cover
    1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See The 7th Continent alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Hand Management, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~383 min longer · +0.5 heavier
  12. Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot  RED Booster board game cover
    2–8 players · 90 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Expansion for Base-game, Negotiation, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Trading · 5 shared tags · 3 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: overlaps at 5–6 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 8 · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
  13. Viceroy board game cover
    13. Viceroy (2014)
    1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium · See Viceroy alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Negotiation, Hand Management, Memory · 4 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~67 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
  14. Sleeping Gods board game cover
    14. Sleeping Gods (2021)
    1–4 players · 60–1200 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Nautical, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 1 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · ~510 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  15. Nagaraja board game cover
    15. Nagaraja (2019)
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board, Network and Route Building · 5 shared tags · 4 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (2 vs 5–6) · goes down to 2 · ~90 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
  16. Underwater Cities board game cover
    1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy · See Underwater Cities alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Nautical, Hand Management, Network and Route Building · 4 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (1–4 vs 5–6) · plays solo · about the same length · +1.2 heavier
  17. Room 25 board game cover
    17. Room 25 (2013)
    1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light · See Room 25 alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Exploration, Negotiation, Memory, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: overlaps at 5–6 players · plays solo · ~90 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
  18. Deus board game cover
    18. Deus (2014)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Deus alternatives →
    Shares with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board, Network and Route Building · 4 shared tags · 3 of The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion: no player-count overlap (2–4 vs 5–6) · goes down to 2 · ~45 min shorter · +0.4 heavier

Frequently asked

What game is most like The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion?
The Settlers of the Stone Age (2002) is the closest match to The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion, sharing civilization, exploration, negotiation. It rates 6.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion?
The Settlers of the Stone Age, Mansions of Madness Second Edition, Conquest of Paradise are the top-ranked alternatives to The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is The Settlers of the Stone Age harder than The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion?
Compared with The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion, The Settlers of the Stone Age is same complexity and ~15 min shorter (2.5 vs 2.4 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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