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The Fellowship and the Free Peoples clash with Sauron over the fate of Middle-Earth. |
8.250 | 8.52 | 16653 | |
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Twilight Struggle
(2005)
Relive the Cold War and rewrite history in an epic clash between the USA and USSR. |
8.223 | 8.27 | 44318 | |
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Paths of Glory
(1999)
Step into the shoes of rulers and generals who triumphed or failed in the Great War. |
7.913 | 8.06 | 4792 | |
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D-Day at Omaha Beach
(2009)
Command the US landing forces that storm Omaha Beach on D-Day. |
7.853 | 8.29 | 1704 | |
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Defend or depose the Toyotomi heir by commanding the loyalty of the feudal lords. |
7.824 | 8.02 | 5058 | |
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European struggle between communist, fascist, and capitalist systems during 1936-1945 |
7.788 | 8.16 | 2009 | |
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Combat Commander: Pacific
(2008)
Recreate the Pacific theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.785 | 8.11 | 1583 | |
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Combat Commander: Europe
(2006)
Recreate the European theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.778 | 7.95 | 5668 | |
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Empire of the Sun
(2005)
Strategic-level conflict simulation covering the Pacific War between US and Japan. |
7.757 | 8.24 | 1634 | |
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Europe in conflict during the Protestant Reformation of the early 16thC (2nd Ed) |
7.753 | 8.59 | 794 | |
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Imperial Struggle
(2020)
France and Britain clash globally over trade, influence and territory in the 1700s. |
7.753 | 8.33 | 1776 | |
12 |
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Maria
(2009)
Maneuver martially and politically in this 3 player War of the Austrian Succession. |
7.749 | 7.99 | 3091 | |
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Command Colourful Napoleonics. |
7.745 | 8.01 | 2873 | |
14 |
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Fire in the Lake
(2014)
Play as the USA, VC, ARVN, or NVA to control Vietnam in COIN:Volume IV. |
7.730 | 8.07 | 2495 | |
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Root
(2018)
Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals. |
7.727 | 8.10 | 35875 | |
16 |
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Here I Stand
(2006)
Europe in conflict during the Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century. |
7.724 | 7.90 | 3720 | |
17 |
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Advanced Squad Leader
(1985)
Play through historical scenarios in this exhaustive squad-level WWII game system. |
7.723 | 8.00 | 3669 | |
18 |
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Hannibal & Hamilcar
(2018)
Recreate the struggle between Rome & Carthage in the 1st & 2nd Punic Wars. |
7.705 | 8.32 | 1425 | |
19 |
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Virgin Queen
(2012)
Multiplayer European conflict during the CounterReformation of the late 16thC. |
7.671 | 8.04 | 1620 | |
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
(1996)
Card driven strategic and political struggle between Ancient Rome and Carthage. |
7.670 | 7.80 | 4870 | |
21 |
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Commands & Colors: Ancients
(2006)
Accessible game of warfare from the dawn of history to the opening of the Middle Ages |
7.655 | 7.77 | 8302 | |
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War of the Ring
(2004)
Rings, Fellowship, diplomacy and war in the Third Age of Middle Earth. |
7.646 | 7.77 | 10283 | |
23 |
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Napoleon's Triumph
(2007)
A tactical-level block wargame simulating the Battle of Austerlitz. |
7.640 | 7.99 | 1752 | |
24 |
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Up Front
(1983)
World War Two infantry card game based loosely on Squad Leader. |
7.619 | 7.88 | 2207 | |
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Ease yourself into Advanced Squad Leader, the wargame of all wargames. |
7.576 | 7.84 | 2509 | |
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Enemy Action: Ardennes
(2015)
Butterfield’s Battle of the Bulge hex-based wargame, with solitaire AI for both sides |
7.545 | 8.58 | 520 | |
27 |
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Continues the ASL learning journey adding guns, lots of guns! |
7.533 | 7.96 | 1201 | |
28 |
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Allies’ combined ground and airborne attack in the Netherlands. |
7.533 | 8.27 | 699 | |
29 |
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Learn ASL with easier rules adding Tanks to the previous starter kits. |
7.529 | 8.04 | 1047 | |
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WWII Eastern Front tactical combat. |
7.522 | 7.94 | 1798 | |
31 |
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Strategic level wargame with military and political decision-making in WWII Europe. |
7.506 | 8.16 | 937 | |
32 |
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1989: Dawn of Freedom
(2012)
A game of political struggle as the Soviet Empire begins to show cracks. |
7.491 | 7.80 | 2165 | |
33 |
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Card-driven strategic-operational wargame covering the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) |
7.487 | 8.60 | 509 | |
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Undaunted: Normandy
(2019)
Command your rifle platoon to victory in this WWII multi-scenario deck builder. |
7.465 | 7.83 | 7462 | |
35 |
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A Distant Plain
(2013)
Counter-insurgency Afghanistan: Government, Coalition, Taliban and Warlords compete. |
7.464 | 7.84 | 1631 | |
36 |
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Thunderbolt Apache Leader
(2012)
Plan the missions, select the team & pray the pilots return successfully—or at all. |
7.461 | 8.04 | 1231 | |
37 |
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Choose a side and lead it to victory in this epic struggle!! |
7.450 | 7.78 | 1583 | |
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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! |
7.448 | 7.88 | 2531 | |
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Bring the drama of the Roman Civil War to life in this card driven block game. |
7.442 | 7.79 | 1563 | |
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Refight the Battle of Britain as either the RAF or the Luftwaffe or 1v1. |
7.441 | 8.01 | 979 | |
41 |
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A Regimental-level hex and counter exploration of the Battle of the Bulge. |
7.439 | 8.02 | 758 | |
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Wilderness War
(2001)
Card-driven, point-to-point, 18th century fight for North American dominance. |
7.430 | 7.71 | 1775 | |
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For the People
(1998)
Take the role of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War. |
7.430 | 7.78 | 1592 | |
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1775: Rebellion
(2013)
Four sides maneuver & battle to control colonies in America's War for Independence. |
7.429 | 7.66 | 3990 | |
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Cuba Libre
(2013)
Play as one of four factions vying for control of Cuba in card-driven COIN Vol:2. |
7.427 | 7.69 | 2842 | |
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Romans, Germans, Celts & Belgic tribes vie for Gaul, driven by historic events. |
7.424 | 7.87 | 1608 | |
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Churchill
(2015)
A political conflict of WW2 cooperation and competition. |
7.420 | 7.67 | 2651 | |
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Star Wars: Armada
(2015)
Form your fleet, plan a strategy, and execute it with your commands. |
7.419 | 7.83 | 5033 | |
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The U.S. Civil War
(2015)
A 2-player strategic-level war game of the American Civil War. |
7.415 | 8.27 | 637 | |
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Space Empires 4X
(2011)
Venture in the vast space with your fleet to make your empire prevail in the galaxy. |
7.413 | 7.70 | 3461 | |
51 |
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Washington's War
(2010)
Classic card-driven game. Free the Patriots or keep America in the British Empire. |
7.406 | 7.63 | 2487 | |
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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. |
7.401 | 8.03 | 799 | |
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Hammer of the Scots
(2002)
William Wallace clashes with England to determine the fate of 13th-century Scotland. |
7.395 | 7.55 | 3995 | |
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Jihad is no longer a world away. Can the West react in time to win the war on terror? |
7.392 | 7.59 | 4632 | |
55 |
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Pilot your ships in tight arcs to take out the enemy! The universe can be yours. |
7.386 | 7.66 | 24069 | |
56 |
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Normandy '44
(2010)
Land on beaches. Fight Germans. Throw back the Allied Invasions. Roll dice. |
7.374 | 7.90 | 924 | |
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BattleLore: Second Edition
(2013)
Fantasy Command & Colors spiced up with magic. |
7.371 | 7.70 | 6035 | |
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GMT COIN Vol V: Join the American Revolution as Patriots, British, Indians, or French |
7.357 | 7.81 | 1388 | |
59 |
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Navajo Wars
(2013)
Avoid being subjugated by either the Spanish, Mexicans or the Americans. |
7.345 | 7.96 | 943 | |
60 |
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A block game in the Eastern Front of WWII. |
7.344 | 8.07 | 585 | |
61 |
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Friedrich
(2004)
Europe is on a knife's edge as Prussia faces down an uneasy alliance. |
7.342 | 7.57 | 2659 | |
62 |
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7.332 | 7.71 | 1475 | ||
63 |
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Memoir '44
(2004)
Revisit the battles of D-Day and control the forces of the Allies and the Axis! |
7.327 | 7.56 | 27559 | |
64 |
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Sub captains have just three orders: run quiet, fire at will, and survive if you can. |
7.324 | 7.76 | 1617 | |
65 |
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Britons and Barbarians struggle for political and military control over Britannia. |
7.318 | 7.96 | 928 | |
66 |
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The Civil War 1861-1865
(1983)
ACW strategic simulation with detailed leaders, supply chains, naval war, & more. |
7.318 | 7.73 | 1216 | |
67 |
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Undaunted: North Africa
(2020)
Lead a team of desert commandos in a WWII multi-scenario deck builder with vehicles. |
7.317 | 7.91 | 2212 | |
68 |
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Take control of the Teutons or Russians on the 13th century Baltic frontier. |
7.314 | 8.23 | 567 | |
69 |
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Fields of Fire
(2008)
Solitaire wargame of commanding a rifle company in Normandy, Korea and Vietnam. |
7.309 | 7.84 | 1207 | |
70 |
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Andean Abyss
(2012)
Counter-insurgency in the cities and jungles of drug economy 1990s Colombia. |
7.308 | 7.62 | 1791 | |
71 |
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Roman politicians try to take advantage of barbarians invading the Empire. |
7.306 | 7.62 | 1950 | |
72 |
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Squad Leader
(1977)
Command squads of soldiers in tactical WWII combat. |
7.298 | 7.53 | 3290 | |
73 |
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Breakout: Normandy
(1992)
Break out this game for a highly playable area-impulse treatment of D-Day. |
7.284 | 7.69 | 1025 | |
74 |
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Deploy units in different theaters of combat to win WW2. |
7.277 | 7.67 | 3507 | |
75 |
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Liberty Roads
(2009)
Allied forces challenges Axis Germany in campaigns from D-day to the Rhine. |
7.274 | 8.11 | 532 | |
76 |
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Atlantic Chase
(2021)
Hunt down enemy fleets with an innovative fog-of-war system. |
7.270 | 8.49 | 416 | |
77 |
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Form a squadron, plan its moves, take actions and engage the enemy in a dog fight. |
7.263 | 8.17 | 2359 | |
78 |
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Sparta and Athens fight to build rival civilizations among ancient Greek city-states. |
7.262 | 7.54 | 2271 | |
79 |
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Hands in the Sea
(2016)
By land or sea, wage the First Punic War battles between the Romans and Carthaginians |
7.256 | 7.87 | 785 | |
80 |
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Pavlov's House
(2018)
The Soviets defend a key strongpoint during the Battle of Stalingrad. |
7.255 | 7.96 | 990 | |
81 |
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A simulation of the fighting between the Axis and Soviet forces in the southwest USSR |
7.248 | 7.67 | 1062 | |
82 |
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Company level simulation of the Northern two drop zones in Operation Market Garden. |
7.247 | 8.25 | 403 | |
83 |
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Angola
(1988)
Fast paced and dynamic wargame exploration of the Angolan Civil War of the 1970's. |
7.247 | 8.06 | 491 | |
84 |
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Fast-paced tactical game of the eastern front during Operation Barbarossa. |
7.240 | 7.50 | 3019 | |
85 |
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A Few Acres of Snow
(2011)
Card-driven game about the 18th century French-Indian War. |
7.236 | 7.38 | 7680 | |
86 |
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India's independence struggle within the COIN framework. |
7.231 | 8.12 | 553 | |
87 |
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Solo wargame that puts you in command of a squadron of U.S. Navy strike aircraft. |
7.231 | 7.88 | 862 | |
88 |
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Take 1 to 2 players into the military and political struggle in Algeria. |
7.225 | 7.78 | 958 | |
89 |
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Mare Nostrum: Empires
(2016)
Lead your ancient empire to the dominion of the Mediterranean Sea. |
7.225 | 7.55 | 3795 | |
90 |
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Ambush!
(1983)
Lead a squad through a series of WWII tactical engagements straight outta Hollywood! |
7.219 | 7.48 | 2274 | |
91 |
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Scramble to defend your home as the English or gamble on invasion as the Vikings. |
7.217 | 7.53 | 2987 | |
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A division-level game on the Axis 1942 summer offensive towards Stalingrad. |
7.212 | 8.45 | 380 | |
93 |
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The Soviet Attack at Tolvajärvi, Finland, December 8-12, 1939. |
7.196 | 7.99 | 495 | |
94 |
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Successors (Third Edition)
(2008)
Card-based scrap between Alexander's generals to succeed to his empire. |
7.190 | 7.53 | 1220 | |
95 |
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Field Commander: Napoleon
(2011)
Guide France to glory across 14 solo campaigns, from Italy to The 100 Days. |
7.188 | 7.73 | 983 | |
96 |
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New edition includes both Bull Run campaigns of 1861 and 1862. |
7.184 | 8.63 | 274 | |
97 |
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Commands & Colors: Medieval
(2019)
The C&C system covers battles between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Persians. |
7.179 | 8.27 | 426 | |
98 |
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Rommel in the Desert
(1982)
The original WWII block wargame, featuring the conflict in North Africa. |
7.171 | 7.55 | 1010 | |
99 |
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Space Hulk
(1989)
Miniatures wargame where Space Marines battle the Genestealers. |
7.169 | 7.48 | 3753 | |
100 |
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Command Athens or Sparta to win the war while gaining more honor than your teammate. |
7.165 | 7.91 | 716 |