Trajan / Similar games

18 games like Trajan

Ranked alternatives to Trajan (ancient, political), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Trajan’s medium-heavy weight. Tribune Primus Inter Pares is the closest match.

1. 1. Tribune Primus Inter Pares (2007)
   2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection
2. 2. Sid Meier's Civilization The Boardgame (2002)
   2–6 players · 120–360 min · ★ 5.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Area Movement, Set Collection
3. 3. Kemet (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Hand Management
4. 4. Teotihuacan City of Gods (2018)
   1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Rondel, Set Collection
5. 5. Civilization (1980)
   2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Hand Management, Set Collection
6. 6. Taj Mahal (2000)
   2–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Trajan: Political, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection
7. 7. Lords of Hellas (2018)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Hand Management
8. 8. Pax Pamir Second Edition (2019)
   1–5 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Trajan: Political, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Hand Management
9. 9. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Hand Management
10. 10. Porta Nigra (2015)
    2–4 players · 75–120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Set Collection
11. 11. Oath Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021)
    1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Trajan: Political, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Hand Management
12. 12. The Republic of Rome (1990)
    1–6 players · 300 min · ★ 7.5 · Heavy
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Hand Management
13. 13. Conquest of the Empire (2005)
    2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Area Movement
14. 14. Perikles (2006)
    3–5 players · 120 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Card Drafting
15. 15. Pericles The Peloponnesian Wars (2017)
    1–4 players · 45–360 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Hand Management
16. 16. Donning the Purple (2018)
    1–3 players · 70–90 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Hand Management
17. 17. Rome Imperium (2001)
    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Area Movement, Hand Management
18. 18. Achaia (2015)
    2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium
    Shares with Trajan: Ancient, Political, Hand Management

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