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Thumbnail image | Title | Geek Rating | Avg Rating | Num Voters | Shop |
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Twilight Struggle
(2005)
Relive the Cold War and rewrite history in an epic clash between the USA and USSR. |
8.252 | 8.29 | 40388 | [Shop] |
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The Fellowship and the Free Peoples clash with Sauron over the fate of Middle-Earth. |
8.205 | 8.48 | 13397 | [Shop] |
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Paths of Glory
(1999)
Step into the shoes of rulers and generals who triumphed or failed in the Great War. |
7.933 | 8.06 | 4503 | [Shop] |
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D-Day at Omaha Beach
(2009)
Command the US landing forces that storm Omaha Beach on D-Day. |
7.845 | 8.26 | 1511 | [Shop] |
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Defend or depose the Toyotomi heir by commanding the loyalty of the feudal lords. |
7.819 | 8.05 | 4316 | [Shop] |
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European struggle between communist, fascist, and capitalist systems during 1936-1945 |
7.812 | 8.18 | 1786 | [Shop] |
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Combat Commander: Pacific
(2008)
Recreate the Pacific theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.806 | 8.10 | 1465 | [Shop] |
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Combat Commander: Europe
(2006)
Recreate the European theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.771 | 7.94 | 5352 | [Shop] |
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Here I Stand
(2006)
Europe in conflict during the Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century. |
7.756 | 7.92 | 3549 | [Shop] |
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Maria
(2009)
Maneuver martially and politically in this 3 player War of the Austrian Succession. |
7.736 | 7.97 | 2762 | [Shop] |
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7.735 | 8.00 | 2609 | [Shop] | |
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Advanced Squad Leader
(1985)
Play through historical scenarios in this exhaustive squad-level WWII game system. |
7.728 | 7.99 | 3478 | [Shop] |
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Fire in the Lake
(2014)
Play as the USA, VC, ARVN, or NVA to control Vietnam in COIN:Volume IV. |
7.724 | 8.07 | 2218 | [Shop] |
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Root
(2018)
Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals. |
7.715 | 8.10 | 23162 | [Shop] |
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Empire of the Sun
(2005)
Strategic-level conflict simulation covering the Pacific War between US and Japan. |
7.714 | 8.15 | 1386 | [Shop] |
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Hannibal & Hamilcar
(2018)
Recreate the struggle between Rome & Carthage in the 1st & 2nd Punic Wars. |
7.707 | 8.38 | 1160 | [Shop] |
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
(1996)
Card driven strategic and political struggle between Ancient Rome and Carthage. |
7.691 | 7.80 | 4772 | [Shop] |
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Virgin Queen
(2012)
Multiplayer European conflict during the CounterReformation of the late 16thC. |
7.690 | 8.05 | 1549 | [Shop] |
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Commands & Colors: Ancients
(2006)
Accessible game of warfare from the dawn of history to the opening of the Middle Ages |
7.668 | 7.78 | 7951 | [Shop] |
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Napoleon's Triumph
(2007)
A tactical-level block wargame simulating the Battle of Austerlitz. |
7.653 | 7.98 | 1697 | [Shop] |
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Leverage war, politics and intrigue to win control of Renaissance Europe! |
7.656 | 8.61 | 568 | [Shop] |
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Up Front
(1983)
World War Two infantry card game based loosely on Squad Leader. |
7.638 | 7.87 | 2148 | [Shop] |
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Imperial Struggle
(2020)
France and Britain clash globally over trade, influence and territory in the 1700s. |
7.632 | 8.45 | 913 | [Shop] |
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Strategic level wargame with military and political decision-making in WWII Europe. |
7.609 | 8.31 | 817 | [Shop] |
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Ease yourself into Advanced Squad Leader, the wargame of all wargames. |
7.576 | 7.82 | 2364 | [Shop] |
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7.569 | 7.97 | 1708 | [Shop] | |
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Enemy Action: Ardennes
(2015)
Butterfield’s Battle of the Bulge hex-based wargame, with solitaire AI for both sides |
7.567 | 8.67 | 427 | [Shop] |
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7.547 | 8.02 | 999 | [Shop] | |
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7.543 | 7.93 | 1136 | [Shop] | |
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Allies’ combined ground and airborne attack in the Netherlands. |
7.494 | 8.36 | 543 | [Shop] |
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A Distant Plain
(2013)
Counter-insurgency Afghanistan: Government, Coalition, Taliban and Warlords compete. |
7.486 | 7.87 | 1411 | [Shop] |
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1989: Dawn of Freedom
(2012)
A game of political struggle as the Soviet Empire begins to show cracks. |
7.484 | 7.79 | 2033 | [Shop] |
33 |
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Thunderbolt Apache Leader
(2012)
Plan the missions, select the team & pray the pilots return successfully—or at all. |
7.478 | 8.05 | 1107 | [Shop] |
34 |
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1775: Rebellion
(2013)
Four sides manoeuvre & battle to capture territory in America's War for Independence. |
7.471 | 7.68 | 3675 | [Shop] |
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Choose a side and lead it to victory in this epic struggle!! |
7.468 | 7.79 | 1458 | [Shop] |
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Wilderness War
(2001)
Card-driven, point-to-point, 18th century fight for North American dominance. |
7.458 | 7.73 | 1669 | [Shop] |
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Undaunted: Normandy
(2019)
Command your rifle platoon to victory in this WWII multi-scenario deck builder. |
7.455 | 7.91 | 3920 | [Shop] |
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Romans, Germans, Celts & Belgic tribes vie for Gaul, driven by historic events. |
7.452 | 7.92 | 1363 | [Shop] |
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Cuba Libre
(2013)
Play as one of four factions vying for control of Cuba in card-driven COIN Vol:2. |
7.448 | 7.71 | 2509 | [Shop] |
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Churchill
(2015)
A political conflict of WW2 cooperation and competition. |
7.446 | 7.67 | 2358 | [Shop] |
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A Regimental-level hex and counter exploration of the Battle of the Bulge. |
7.443 | 8.02 | 666 | [Shop] |
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The Battle of Five Armies
(2014)
The Climactic Battle of the Hobbit, by the team that brought you War of the Ring! |
7.439 | 7.87 | 2234 | [Shop] |
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Star Wars: Armada
(2015)
Form your fleet, plan a strategy, and execute it with your commands. |
7.438 | 7.85 | 4557 | [Shop] |
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Washington's War
(2010)
Classic card-driven game. Free the Patriots or keep America in the British Empire. |
7.437 | 7.64 | 2368 | [Shop] |
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Bring the drama of the Roman Civil War to life in this card driven block game. |
7.435 | 7.77 | 1393 | [Shop] |
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For the People
(1998)
Take the role of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War. |
7.433 | 7.75 | 1484 | [Shop] |
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Refight the Battle of Britain as either the RAF or the Luftwaffe or 1v1. |
7.419 | 7.96 | 862 | [Shop] |
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Hammer of the Scots
(2002)
William Wallace clashes with England to determine the fate of 13th-century Scotland. |
7.410 | 7.55 | 3833 | [Shop] |
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GMT COIN Vol V: Join the American Revolution as Patriots, British, Indians, or French |
7.410 | 7.86 | 1260 | [Shop] |
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SPQR (Deluxe Edition)
(2008)
A re-working of the classic GMT game of warfare in the age of the Roman Republic. |
7.409 | 8.00 | 716 | [Shop] |
51 |
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BattleLore (Second Edition)
(2013)
Fantasy Command & Colors spiced up with magic. |
7.407 | 7.75 | 5600 | [Shop] |
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Jihad is no longer a world away. Can the West react in time to win the war on terror? |
7.406 | 7.59 | 4283 | [Shop] |
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Card-driven strategic-operational wargame covering the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) |
7.402 | 8.57 | 369 | [Shop] |
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Pilot your ships in tight arcs to take out the enemy! The universe can be yours. |
7.404 | 7.69 | 22941 | [Shop] |
54 |
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7.403 | 8.08 | 566 | [Shop] | |
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The U.S. Civil War
(2015)
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7.395 | 8.26 | 555 | [Shop] |
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Space Empires: 4X
(2011)
Venture in the vast space with your fleet to make your empire prevail in the galaxy. |
7.385 | 7.68 | 2985 | [Shop] |
58 |
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7.377 | 7.72 | 1443 | [Shop] | |
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Normandy '44
(2010)
Land on beaches. Fight Germans. Throw back the Allied Invasions. Roll dice. |
7.365 | 7.89 | 789 | [Shop] |
60 |
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Navajo Wars
(2013)
Avoid being subjugated by either the Spanish, Mexicans or the Americans. |
7.350 | 8.02 | 793 | [Shop] |
61 |
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Friedrich
(2004)
Europe is on a knife's edge as Prussia faces down an uneasy alliance. |
7.344 | 7.55 | 2498 | [Shop] |
62 |
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Sub captains have just three orders: run quiet, fire at will, and survive if you can. |
7.330 | 7.78 | 1376 | [Shop] |
63 |
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Sparta and Athens fight to build rival civilizations among ancient Greek city-states. |
7.327 | 7.63 | 2091 | [Shop] |
64 |
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7.325 | 8.22 | 394 | [Shop] | |
65 |
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Memoir '44
(2004)
Revisit the battles of D-Day and control the forces of the Allies and the Axis! |
7.320 | 7.56 | 25502 | [Shop] |
66 |
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Roman politicians try to take advantage of barbarians invading the Empire. |
7.315 | 7.65 | 1629 | [Shop] |
67 |
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The Civil War 1861-1865
(1983)
Svelte strategic simulation with detailed leaders, supply chains, naval war, & more. |
7.312 | 7.71 | 1159 | [Shop] |
68 |
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Breakout: Normandy
(1992)
Break out this game for a highly playable area-impulse treatment of D-Day. |
7.311 | 7.67 | 991 | [Shop] |
69 |
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Andean Abyss
(2012)
Counter-insurgency in the cities and jungles of drug economy 1990s Colombia. |
7.298 | 7.60 | 1627 | [Shop] |
70 |
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Squad Leader
(1977)
Pioneering design-for-effect wargame portraying combat between German and US squads. |
7.295 | 7.51 | 3133 | [Shop] |
71 |
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Liberty Roads
(2009)
Nailbiting landing followed by a mad chase across France till fuel runs out. |
7.291 | 8.10 | 496 | [Shop] |
72 |
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Britons and Barbarians struggle for political and military control over Britannia. |
7.289 | 7.99 | 755 | [Shop] |
73 |
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A simulation of the fighting between the Axis and Soviet forces in the southwest USSR |
7.284 | 7.69 | 1023 | [Shop] |
74 |
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Hands in the Sea
(2016)
By land or sea, wage the First Punic War battles between the Romans and Carthaginians |
7.275 | 7.92 | 665 | [Shop] |
75 |
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7.273 | 7.51 | 2966 | [Shop] | |
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Fields of Fire
(2008)
Solitaire wargame of commanding a rifle company in Normandy, Korea and Vietnam. |
7.272 | 7.79 | 1058 | [Shop] |
77 |
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Colonial Twilight takes 1 to 2 players into the tangled web of military and political |
7.262 | 7.81 | 770 | [Shop] |
78 |
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Angola
(1988)
Fast paced and dynamic wargame exploration of the Angolan Civil War of the 1970's. |
7.261 | 8.07 | 451 | [Shop] |
79 |
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A Few Acres of Snow
(2011)
Card-driven game about the 18th century French-Indian War. |
7.257 | 7.40 | 7386 | [Shop] |
80 |
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7.247 | 8.02 | 480 | [Shop] | |
81 |
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7.240 | 7.86 | 796 | [Shop] | |
82 |
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Scramble to defend your home as the English or gamble on invasion as the Vikings. |
7.238 | 7.55 | 2430 | [Shop] |
83 |
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Strategic and operational art come together to decide the fate of North America. |
7.213 | 7.88 | 653 | [Shop] |
85 |
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Pursuit of Glory
(2008)
A card-driven game of the Great War in the Near East, from the Balkans to India. |
7.209 | 7.92 | 488 | [Shop] |
84 |
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Form a squadron, plan its moves, take actions and engage the enemy in a dog fight. |
7.209 | 8.31 | 1605 | [Shop] |
86 |
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Ambush!
(1983)
Lead a squad through a series of WWII tactical engagements straight outta Hollywood! |
7.207 | 7.45 | 2173 | [Shop] |
87 |
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Successors (Third Edition)
(2008)
Card-based scrap between Alexander's generals to succeed to his empire. |
7.207 | 7.52 | 1185 | [Shop] |
88 |
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Rommel in the Desert
(1982)
The original WWII block wargame, featuring the conflict in North Africa. |
7.204 | 7.55 | 981 | [Shop] |
89 |
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Field Commander: Napoleon
(2011)
Guide France to glory across 14 solo campaigns, from Italy to The 100 Days. |
7.196 | 7.72 | 870 | [Shop] |
90 |
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Take command of elements of this elite German formation from June 1942 to March 1943. |
7.176 | 7.63 | 893 | [Shop] |
91 |
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World in Flames
(1985)
All of World War II at a global scale. |
7.175 | 7.60 | 1333 | [Shop] |
92 |
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Defeat your enemies now in a way that will let you defeat your allies later. |
7.173 | 7.94 | 599 | [Shop] |
93 |
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Virtually the complete history of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian art of war. |
7.170 | 7.70 | 670 | [Shop] |
94 |
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Hand-pick and equip an elite team to complete modern-era covert missions. |
7.162 | 7.71 | 1109 | [Shop] |
95 |
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1812: The Invasion of Canada
(2012)
Operational level wargame well-suited for team play in the War of 1812. |
7.162 | 7.35 | 2208 | [Shop] |
96 |
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Fight the American Civil War with mini figures on big hexes and tiles! |
7.160 | 7.62 | 1136 | [Shop] |
97 |
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The Guns of Gettysburg
(2013)
Unique command system & the physical appearance of Civil War era military maps. |
7.156 | 7.81 | 608 | [Shop] |
98 |
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BattleLore
(2006)
Battle through a Hundred Years War with magic, Goblins, and more. |
7.149 | 7.36 | 9086 | [Shop] |
99 |
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Award winning Hex and Counter tactical War Game system with Bushido. |
7.147 | 8.21 | 392 | [Shop] |
100 |
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Empires in Arms
(1983)
Intense simulation of the Napoleonic Wars that ranged across Europe, 1805-1815. |
7.146 | 7.59 | 1239 | [Shop] |