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18 games like Western Legends

The best games like Western Legends are Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon, Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon shares adventure, area movement, dice rolling with Western Legends.

Every alternative below links to its own Western Legends-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / american west shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Western Legends’s 2.8 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)

   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium · See Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier

   Check price for Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon →
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   2. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)

   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See Mansions of Madness Second Edition alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · same complexity

   Check price for Mansions of Madness Second Edition →
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   3. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)

   1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.4 heavier

   Check price for Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) →
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   4. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)

   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Nemo's War (Second Edition) alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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   5. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)

   1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium · See Arkham Horror The Card Game alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Hand Management · 3 shared tags · 2 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Western Legends: both play at 2 · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
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   6. Fallout (2017)

   1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium · See Fallout alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 4 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (67%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · +0.2 heavier
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   7. Merchants & Marauders (2010)

   2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium · See Merchants & Marauders alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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   8. Conan (2016)

   2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See Conan alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
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   9. Runebound (Third Edition) (2015)

   2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium · See Runebound (Third Edition) alternatives →

   Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · same complexity
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    10. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)

    1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, American West, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 1 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.5 heavier
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    11. Spurs A Tale in the Old West (2014)

    3–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, American West, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses · 5 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
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    12. Eldritch Horror (2013)

    1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Eldritch Horror alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~105 min longer · +0.5 heavier
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    13. Defenders of the Realm (2010)

    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Defenders of the Realm alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · same complexity
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    14. Deep Madness (2018)

    1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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    15. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)

    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy · See War of the Ring Second Edition alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · +1.4 heavier
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    16. This War of Mine The Board Game (2017)

    1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See This War of Mine The Board Game alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
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    17. Massive Darkness (2017)

    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium · See Massive Darkness alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · 0.3 lighter
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    18. Nemesis (2018)

    1–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium · See Nemesis alternatives →

    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Dice Rolling · 2 shared tags · 1 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~60 min longer · +0.6 heavier

Looking for the original? See the full Western Legends fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.