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18 games like Too Many Bones

The best games like Too Many Bones are Mage Knight Board Game, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon and Altar Quest — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mage Knight Board Game shares adventure, fantasy, cooperative game with Too Many Bones.

Every alternative below links to its own Too Many Bones-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / dice shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Too Many Bones’s 3.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
    1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +0.5 heavier
    View Mage Knight Board Game on Amazon →
  2. 2. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
    View Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon on Amazon →
  3. 3. Altar Quest (2020)
    1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
    View Altar Quest on Amazon →
  4. 4. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  5. 5. Kingdom Death Monster (2015)
    1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6 · Heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  6. 6. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
  7. 7. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–2 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
  8. 8. Gloomhaven (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game · 1 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
  9. 9. Eldritch Horror (2013)
    1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · ~90 min longer · 0.5 lighter
  10. 10. The Lord of the Rings The Card Game (2011)
    1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~45 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
  11. 11. Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls (2017)
    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
  12. 12. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
    1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
  13. 13. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · 1.2 lighter
  14. 14. Elder Sign (2011)
    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · about the same length · 1.5 lighter
  15. 15. Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
  16. 16. Machina Arcana (Second\/Third Edition) (2019)
    1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · 0.2 lighter
  17. 17. The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
    2 players · 90–240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: both play at 2 · ~75 min longer · 0.3 lighter
  18. 18. Dungeon Alliance (2018)
    1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.2 lighter
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Too Many Bones?
Mage Knight Board Game (2011) is the closest match to Too Many Bones, sharing adventure, fantasy, cooperative game. It rates 8.1/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Too Many Bones?
Mage Knight Board Game, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon, Altar Quest are the top-ranked alternatives to Too Many Bones in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-heavy complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Mage Knight Board Game harder than Too Many Bones?
Compared with Too Many Bones, Mage Knight Board Game is +0.5 heavier and ~60 min longer (4.3 vs 3.9 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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