Escape from Colditz / Similar games

18 games like Escape from Colditz

The best games like Escape from Colditz are The Quest for El Dorado, PARKS and Near and Far — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. The Quest for El Dorado shares adventure, card drafting, grid movement with Escape from Colditz.

Every alternative below links to its own Escape from Colditz-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / world war ii shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Escape from Colditz’s 2.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. The Quest for El Dorado (2017)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · games like The Quest for El Dorado →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 3 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
   View The Quest for El Dorado on Amazon →
2. 2. PARKS (2019)
   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · games like PARKS →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
   View PARKS on Amazon →
3. 3. Near and Far (2017)
   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Near and Far →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
   View Near and Far on Amazon →
4. 4. Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie (2004)
   2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light · games like Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min shorter · same complexity
5. 5. Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated (2019)
   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium · games like Clank! Legacy Acquisitions Incorporated →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
6. 6. The 7th Continent (2017)
   1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · games like The 7th Continent →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~323 min longer · +0.6 heavier
7. 7. HeroQuest (1989)
   2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · games like HeroQuest →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Roll / Spin and Move · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~90 min shorter · same complexity
8. 8. Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020)
   1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium · games like Lost Ruins of Arnak →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~105 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
9. 9. Tobago (2009)
   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · games like Tobago →
   Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · same complexity
10. 10. Street Masters (2018)
    1–4 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~97 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
11. 11. 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 Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
12. 12. Champions of Midgard (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Champions of Midgard →
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Set Collection · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~105 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
13. 13. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
    1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy · games like Mage Knight Board Game →
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Card Drafting, Grid Movement · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · +2.1 heavier
14. 14. A Victory Lost Crisis in Ukraine 1942-1943 (2006)
    2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~180 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. 15. Arcadia Quest (2014)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · games like Arcadia Quest →
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: Adventure, Grid Movement · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
16. 16. Memoir '44 (2004)
    2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · games like Memoir '44 →
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: overlaps at 2–6 players · scales to 8 · ~135 min shorter · same complexity
17. 17. Undaunted Normandy (2019)
    2 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · games like Undaunted Normandy →
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~127 min shorter · same complexity
18. 18. The Russian Campaign (1974)
    2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape from Colditz: World War II, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Escape from Colditz’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape from Colditz: both play at 2 · ~180 min longer · +0.6 heavier

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