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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. 1. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier
    View Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon on Amazon →
  2. 2. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · same complexity
    View Mansions of Madness Second Edition on Amazon →
  3. 3. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.4 heavier
    View Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) on Amazon →
  4. 4. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  5. 5. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Hand Management · 2 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Western Legends: both play at 2 · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
  6. 6. Fallout (2017)
    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~75 min longer · +0.2 heavier
  7. 7. Merchants & Marauders (2010)
    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  8. 8. Conan (2016)
    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
  9. 9. Runebound (Third Edition) (2015)
    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · same complexity
  10. 10. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
    1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, American West, Dice Rolling · 1 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.5 heavier
  11. 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 · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
  12. 12. Eldritch Horror (2013)
    1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling · 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
  13. 13. Defenders of the Realm (2010)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · same complexity
  14. 14. Deep Madness (2018)
    1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  15. 15. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · +1.4 heavier
  16. 16. This War of Mine The Board Game (2017)
    1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling · 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
  17. 17. Massive Darkness (2017)
    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · 0.3 lighter
  18. 18. Nemesis (2018)
    1–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Western Legends: Adventure, Dice Rolling · 1 of Western Legends’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Western Legends: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~60 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Western Legends?
Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019) is the closest match to Western Legends, sharing adventure, area movement, dice rolling. It rates 8.3/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Western Legends?
Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon, Mansions of Madness Second Edition, Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) are the top-ranked alternatives to Western Legends in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon harder than Western Legends?
Compared with Western Legends, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon is +0.5 heavier and ~15 min longer (3.3 vs 2.8 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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