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18 games like Too Many Bones

The best games like Too Many Bones are Mage Knight Board Game, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon and Altar Quest — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mage Knight Board Game shares adventure, fantasy, cooperative game with Too Many Bones.

Every alternative below links to its own Too Many Bones-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / dice shelf.

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

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1. 1. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
   1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy · games like Mage Knight Board Game →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +0.5 heavier
   View Mage Knight Board Game on Amazon →
2. 2. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium · games like Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
   View Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon on Amazon →
3. 3. Altar Quest (2020)
   1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 4 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
   View Altar Quest on Amazon →
4. 4. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
   2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy · games like War of the Ring Second Edition →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · +0.3 heavier
5. 5. Kingdom Death Monster (2015)
   1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6 · Heavy · games like Kingdom Death Monster →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
6. 6. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
   1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · games like Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
7. 7. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
   1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium · games like Arkham Horror The Card Game →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–2 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
8. 8. Gloomhaven (2017)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy · games like Gloomhaven →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game · 1 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
9. 9. Eldritch Horror (2013)
   1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Eldritch Horror →
   Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · ~90 min longer · 0.5 lighter
10. 10. The Lord of the Rings The Card Game (2011)
    1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · games like The Lord of the Rings The Card Game →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~45 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
11. 11. Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls (2017)
    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy · games like Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
12. 12. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
    1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · games like Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
13. 13. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · games like Mansions of Madness Second Edition →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · 1.2 lighter
14. 14. Elder Sign (2011)
    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light · games like Elder Sign →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · about the same length · 1.5 lighter
15. 15. Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy · games like Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island →
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
16. 16. Machina Arcana (Second\/Third Edition) (2019)
    1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Dice, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · 0.2 lighter
17. 17. The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
    2 players · 90–240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Too Many Bones: both play at 2 · ~75 min longer · 0.3 lighter
18. 18. Dungeon Alliance (2018)
    1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Too Many Bones: Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 3 of Too Many Bones’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Too Many Bones: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.2 lighter

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