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Heavy Complexity Games

18 India

Investors compete to build lucrative railroad companies across India

Rank :

6286

Rating :

7.5

Weight :

4 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 5

Playtime :

150 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Trains, Stock Holding, 18xx

1830: Railways & Robber Barons

A classic game of managing railroads and investing wisely.

Rank :

283

Rating :

7.9

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 6

Playtime :

180 - 360 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Trains, Auction / Bidding, Network and Route Building, Stock Holding, Tile Placement

1853

A game for engineers who've had enough of the financiers!

Rank :

5062

Rating :

6.8

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

3 - 6

Playtime :

180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Trains, Network and Route Building, Stock Holding, Tile Placement

1880: China

Foreign investors develop railroads across China in this operational 18XX.

Rank :

2937

Rating :

7.9

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

3-7

Playtime :

300 min

Expansions :

Category :

Auction, Bidding, Route and Network Building, Stock Holding, Tile Placement

Alchemists

Showcase your alchemical know-how by publishing theories in this app-driven game.

Rank :

159

Rating :

7.6

Weight :

3.9 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

120 min

Expansions :

King's Golem

Category :

Deduction, Puzzle, Constrained Bidding, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Worker Placement

Arcs

Lead a spacefaring society through an epic saga

Rank :

112

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

3.4 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Leaders & Lore

Category :

Space Exploration, Area Majority, Trick Taking, Wargame

Ark Nova

Plan and build a modern, scientifically managed zoo to support conservation projects

Rank :

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 150 min

Expansions :

Marine Worlds

Category :

Animals, Economic, Tile Placement, Set Collection

Arkham Horror (3rd Edition)

Piece the clues together to stop the horrors before your sanity shatters.

Rank :

328

Rating :

7.7

Weight :

3.3 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 6

Playtime :

120 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Adventure, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers

Ayar: Children of the Sun

Advance your clan & seek the favour of the gods at the dawn of the Inca civilisation

Rank :

3394

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

3.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 90 min

Expansions :

Category :

Area Majority / Influence, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Barrage

Nations vie for hydroelectric dominance in a dystopia where water is power.

Rank :

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

4.1 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Network and Route Building, Contracts, Income

Brass: Birmingham

Build networks, grow industries, and navigate the world of the Industrial Revolution.

Rank :

Rating :

8.6

Weight :

3.9 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Transportation, Hand Management, Network and Route Building

Deal With The Devil

Four players. Three hidden roles. Two opposing paths. Only one mighty ruler!

Rank :

2881

Rating :

7.1

Weight :

3.6 / 5

Meeples :

Playtime :

120 - 150 min

Expansions :

Category :

Deduction, Medieval, Hidden Roles, Variable Player Powers

Dune

Wildly different factions vie for control of Arrakis through alliance and treachery.

Rank :

196

Rating :

7.9

Weight :

4.0 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 6

Playtime :

120 - 180 min

Expansions :

Ixians & Tleilaxu, Choam & Richese,

Category :

War, Alliances, Auction / Bidding, Bribery, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers

Dune: Imperium Uprising

Deploy agents, build your deck, and engage in strategic battles to control Arrakis.

Rank :

Rating :

8.7

Weight :

3.5 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 6

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Card Play Conflict Resolution, Worker Placement, Deck Building

Dune: War for Arrakis

Fight for control of Arrakis and its precious Spice.

Rank :

807

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

3.6 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

120 min

Expansions :

Spacing Guild

Category :

War, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling

Eldritch Horror

Investigators trek across the globe to stop the Ancient One apocalypse.

Rank :

119

Rating :

7.8

Weight :

3.3 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 8

Playtime :

120 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Adventure, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Variable Player Powers

Food Chain Magnate

Strategically hire and manage your workforce to outcompete rival fast food chains.

Rank :

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 5

Playtime :

120 - 240 min

Expansions :

Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas

Category :

Economic, Market, Income, Delayed Purchase

Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India

India's independence struggle within the COIN framework.

Rank :

2480

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

War, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers

Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory

Simulate a whole contemporary nation in this asymmetric, politico-economic euro-game.

Rank :

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 180 min

Expansions :

Crisis & Control

Category :

Negotiation, Political, Variable Player Powers, Voting, Worker Placement

John Company (2nd Edition)

Promise and cajole your way to the top whilst running the East India Company.

Rank :

262

Rating :

8.3

Weight :

4.4 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 6

Playtime :

90 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Negotiation, Political, Bribery, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Voting

Kanban EV

EV-factory workers optimize and innovate to stand out at the big board meeting.

Rank :

Rating :

8.4

Weight :

4.3 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Hand Management, Worker Placement

Mansions of Madness (2nd Edition)

Unravel mysteries in Arkham with your investigative team in this app-guided game.

Rank :

Rating :

7.9

Weight :

2.7 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 5

Playtime :

120 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Exploration, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Campaign Game, Variable Player Powers

Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road

Vie for power, favor and influence in the mighty ancient city of Merv.

Rank :

733

Rating :

7.5

Weight :

3.4 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 min

Expansions :

Category :

City Building, Economic, Set Collection

Molly House

Create joy in a queer community in 1720s London

Rank :

2512

Rating :

7.5

Weight :

3.7 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 5

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Bluffing, Deduction, Negotiation, Push Your Luck, Semi-Cooperative, Set collection

Nemesis

Survive an alien-infested spaceship, but beware of other players and their agendas!

Rank :

Rating :

8.3

Weight :

3.5 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 5

Playtime :

90 - 180

Expansions :

Category :

Adventure, Horror, Semi-ooperative, Hidden Roles

Pax Pamir (2nd Edition)

Swing the tides of "The Great Game" as countries vie for control of Afghanistan.

Rank :

Rating :

8.2

Weight :

3.9 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 5

Playtime :

45 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Negotiation, Political, Post-Napoleonic, Auction, Hand Management, Open Drafting

Pax Renaissance (2nd Edition)

Shrewd Renaissance bankers sway 15-16th Century European powers for personal gains.

Rank :

406

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

4.6 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Pike and Shot, Religious, Renaissance, Open Drafting

Polis

The great struggle between Athens and Sparta. Much more than a wargame

Rank :

1973

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Wargame, Area Majority

Race! Formula 90 (2nd Edition)

The racer that gives its players a close to simulation experience.

Rank :

2206

Rating :

8.7

Weight :

3.9 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 6

Playtime :

90 - 270 min

Expansions :

Series Championship, Barcelona & Silverstone, Magny-Cours & Suzuka

Category :

Racing, Sports, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Race

Red Dust Rebellion

Martian revolt and revolution in the 2250s

Rank :

4290

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

120 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Civil War, Political, Area Majority / Influence

Root

Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals.

Rank :

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 6

Playtime :

60 - 90 min

Expansions :

Riverfolk, Underworld, Marauder, Clockwork

Category :

Territory Building, War, Area Majority / Influence, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers

SETI: Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence

Search for signs of alien life by launching probes and analyzing distant signals

Rank :

Rating :

8.4

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

40 - 160 min

Expansions :

Category :

Space Exploration, Income, Resource to Move

Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa

Compete to manage the best school of a university in 14th-century Timbuktu.

Rank :

3017

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

4.1 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

150 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

City Building, Economic, Area Majority / Influence, Worker Placement

Scythe

Five factions vie for dominance in a war-torn, mech-filled, dieselpunk 1920s Europe.

Rank :

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

3.4 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 7

Playtime :

90 - 115 min

Expansions :

Invaders from Afar

Category :

Economic, Territory Building, Area Majority / Influence, Variable Player Powers

Shikoku 1889

Buy railroad shares to compete in a financial death match in 19th-century Japan

Rank :

755

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 6

Playtime :

180 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Trains, Stock Holding, 18xx

Speakeasy

Earn money running a Manhattan speakeasy business during Prohibition.

Rank :

473

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

4.4 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

50 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Pick-up and Deliver, Worker Placement, Area Majority

Star Wars: Imperial Assault

Play as Rebel or Imperial forces to fulfill mission objectives.

Rank :

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

3.3 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 5

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Exploration, War, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Campaign Game, Variable Player Powers

Star Wars: Rebellion

Strike from your hidden base as the Rebels—or find and destroy it as the Empire.

Rank :

Rating :

8.4

Weight :

3.7 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

180 - 240 min

Expansions :

Category :

Exploration, War, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Hidden Movement

Teotihuacan : City of Gods

Use your worker dice to raise the legendary and breathtaking Pyramid of the Sun

Rank :

107

Rating :

7.8

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Dice Drafting, Worker Placement, Rondel, Tile Placement, Set Collection

Terraforming Mars

Compete with rival CEOs to make Mars habitable and build your corporate empire.

Rank :

Rating :

8.4

Weight :

3.3 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 5

Playtime :

120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Environmental, Territory Building, Closed Drafting, Hand Management, Tile Placement

The Gallerist

Amass a fortune, and stake your reputation by operating a lucrative art gallery.

Rank :

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 150 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Area Majority / Influence, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Trickerion: Legends of Illusion

Magicians perform dazzling tricks for money and fame in a Victorian steampunk world.

Rank :

120

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Action Points, Action Queue, Catch the Leader, Dice Rolling, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Tycoon India 1981

Industrialists take part in nation building in a post-colonial India.

Rank :

7312

Rating :

8.0

Weight :

3.8 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Auction, Stock Holding

Unconscious Mind

As one of Freud's followers, delve into clients’ unconscious minds to bring healing

Rank :

368

Rating :

7.9

Weight :

4.0 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 120 min

Expansions :

Category :

Medical, Melding and Splaying, Rondel, Set Collection

Vinhos

The strategic craft of fine winemaking.

Rank :

138

Rating :

8.1

Weight :

4.0 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

90 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Worker Placement

War of the Ring (2nd Edition)

The Fellowship and the Free Peoples clash with Sauron over the fate of Middle-earth.

Rank :

Rating :

8.5

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

150 - 180 min

Expansions :

Lords of Middle Earth

Category :

War, Area Majority / Influence, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Dice Rolling, Hand Management

Weather Machine

Leverage research and lab experience to address extreme weather facing the world.

Rank :

708

Rating :

7.7

Weight :

4.5 / 5

Meeples :

2 - 4

Playtime :

60 - 150 min

Expansions :

Category :

Action Points, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game

Watch the zoo of your dreams come true, right in front of you.

Rank :

4645

Rating :

7.1

Weight :

4.2 / 5

Meeples :

1 - 4

Playtime :

120 - 180 min

Expansions :

Category :

Economic, Environmental, Set Collection, Tile Placement