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18 games like Alchemists

The best games like Alchemists are Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated, Spirit Island and Terra Mystica — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated shares fantasy, card drafting, end game bonuses with Alchemists.

Every alternative below links to its own Alchemists-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s deduction / fantasy shelf.

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

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1. 1. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated (2019)
   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium · games like Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Events · 3 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 1.2 lighter
   View Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated on Amazon →
2. 2. Spirit Island (2017)
   1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy · games like Spirit Island →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Events · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Spirit Island on Amazon →
3. 3. Terra Mystica (2012)
   2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy · games like Terra Mystica →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, End Game Bonuses · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Terra Mystica on Amazon →
4. 4. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
   1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy · games like Mage Knight Board Game →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
5. 5. Citadels Classic (2000)
   2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · games like Citadels Classic →
   Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Action Drafting, Card Drafting · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 8 · ~80 min shorter · 1.9 lighter
6. 6. Rising Sun (2018)
   3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium · games like Rising Sun →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Action Drafting · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
7. 7. Everdell (2018)
   1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · games like Everdell →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~60 min shorter · 1.1 lighter
8. 8. Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure (2016)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light · games like Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, End Game Bonuses · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
9. 9. Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala (2014)
   2–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Five Tribes The Djinns of Naqala →
   Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Constrained Bidding, End Game Bonuses · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~60 min shorter · 1 lighter
10. 10. A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy · games like A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) →
    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
11. 11. Discworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light · games like Discworld Ankh-Morpork →
    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Events · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~60 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
12. 12. Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)
    4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · games like Deception Murder in Hong Kong →
    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Deduction, Events · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Alchemists: both play at 4 · scales to 12 · ~100 min shorter · 2.3 lighter
13. 13. Oath Chronicles of Empire and Exile (2021)
    1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~37 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Tragedy Looper (2011)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy · games like Tragedy Looper →
    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Deduction · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
15. 15. Awkward Guests (2016)
    1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light · games like Awkward Guests →
    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Card Drafting, Deduction · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~60 min shorter · 1.6 lighter
16. 16. Nidavellir (2020)
    2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light · games like Nidavellir →
    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting, Constrained Bidding · 2 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~75 min shorter · 1.7 lighter
17. 17. The Shipwreck Arcana (2017)
    2–5 players · 10–30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Alchemists: Deduction, Fantasy, Deduction · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~100 min shorter · 1.8 lighter
18. 18. A Study in Emerald (2013)
    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium · games like A Study in Emerald →
    Shares with Alchemists: Fantasy, Card Drafting · 1 of Alchemists’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Alchemists: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min shorter · 0.5 lighter

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