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The Fellowship and the Free Peoples clash with Sauron over the fate of Middle-Earth. |
8.274 | 8.53 | 19104 | |
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Twilight Struggle
(2005)
Relive the Cold War and rewrite history in an epic clash between the USA and USSR. |
8.205 | 8.25 | 46620 | |
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Paths of Glory
(1999)
Step into the shoes of rulers and generals who triumphed or failed in the Great War. |
7.898 | 8.05 | 5013 | |
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D-Day at Omaha Beach
(2009)
Command the US landing forces that storm Omaha Beach on D-Day. |
7.844 | 8.28 | 1788 | |
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Defend or depose the Toyotomi heir by commanding the loyalty of the feudal lords. |
7.817 | 8.01 | 5424 | |
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Europe in conflict during the Protestant Reformation of the early 16thC (2nd Ed) |
7.809 | 8.57 | 938 | |
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Imperial Struggle
(2020)
France and Britain clash globally over trade, influence and territory in the 1700s. |
7.806 | 8.28 | 2283 | |
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Empire of the Sun
(2005)
Strategic-level conflict simulation covering the Pacific War between US and Japan. |
7.793 | 8.26 | 1841 | |
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Combat Commander: Europe
(2006)
Recreate the European theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.777 | 7.95 | 5818 | |
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European struggle between communist, fascist, and capitalist systems during 1936-1945 |
7.773 | 8.15 | 2189 | |
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Combat Commander: Pacific
(2008)
Recreate the Pacific theater of World War II in this acclaimed card-driven wargame. |
7.766 | 8.12 | 1656 | |
12 |
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Maria
(2009)
Maneuver martially and politically in this 3 player War of the Austrian Succession. |
7.745 | 7.99 | 3331 | |
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Fire in the Lake
(2014)
Play as the USA, VC, ARVN, or NVA to control Vietnam in COIN:Volume IV. |
7.739 | 8.05 | 2726 | |
14 |
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Root
(2018)
Decide the fate of the forest as woodland factions fight for contrasting goals. |
7.736 | 8.08 | 43661 | |
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Command Colourful Napoleonics. |
7.735 | 8.01 | 2994 | |
16 |
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Advanced Squad Leader
(1985)
Play through historical scenarios in this exhaustive squad-level WWII game system. |
7.721 | 8.00 | 3755 | |
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Here I Stand
(2006)
Europe in conflict during the Protestant Reformation of the early 16th century. |
7.708 | 7.89 | 3830 | |
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Hannibal & Hamilcar
(2018)
Recreate the struggle between Rome & Carthage in the 1st & 2nd Punic Wars. |
7.703 | 8.31 | 1581 | |
19 |
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Virgin Queen
(2012)
Multiplayer European conflict during the CounterReformation of the late 16thC. |
7.647 | 8.02 | 1688 | |
20 |
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
(1996)
Card driven strategic and political struggle between Ancient Rome and Carthage. |
7.645 | 7.78 | 4946 | |
21 |
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Commands & Colors: Ancients
(2006)
Accessible tactical wargame from the dawn of history to the opening of the Dark Age. |
7.643 | 7.77 | 8603 | |
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War of the Ring
(2004)
Rings, Fellowship, diplomacy and war in the Third Age of Middle Earth. |
7.641 | 7.77 | 10511 | |
23 |
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Napoleon's Triumph
(2007)
A tactical-level block wargame simulating the Battle of Austerlitz. |
7.632 | 8.00 | 1802 | |
24 |
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Up Front
(1983)
World War Two infantry card game based loosely on Squad Leader. |
7.596 | 7.88 | 2246 | |
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Ease yourself into Advanced Squad Leader, the wargame of all wargames. |
7.564 | 7.85 | 2601 | |
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Enemy Action: Ardennes
(2015)
Butterfield’s Battle of the Bulge hex-based wargame, with solitaire AI for both sides |
7.541 | 8.56 | 576 | |
27 |
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Allies’ combined ground and airborne attack in the Netherlands. |
7.536 | 8.30 | 781 | |
28 |
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Continues the ASL learning journey adding guns, lots of guns! |
7.528 | 7.97 | 1247 | |
29 |
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Learn ASL with easier rules adding Tanks to the previous starter kits. |
7.519 | 8.04 | 1086 | |
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WWII Eastern Front tactical combat. |
7.497 | 7.92 | 1855 | |
31 |
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Undaunted: Normandy
(2019)
Command your rifle platoon to victory in this WWII multi-scenario deck builder. |
7.493 | 7.82 | 9723 | |
32 |
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1989: Dawn of Freedom
(2012)
A game of political struggle as the Soviet Empire begins to show cracks. |
7.474 | 7.78 | 2250 | |
33 |
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The U.S. Civil War
(2015)
A 2-player strategic-level war game of the American Civil War. |
7.472 | 8.30 | 752 | |
34 |
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Card-driven strategic-operational wargame covering the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) |
7.462 | 8.58 | 546 | |
35 |
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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! |
7.458 | 7.88 | 2767 | |
36 |
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Plan strategy, handle diplomacy and conduct military operations affecting production. |
7.456 | 8.11 | 970 | |
37 |
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Thunderbolt Apache Leader
(2012)
Plan the missions, select the team & pray the pilots return successfully—or at all. |
7.447 | 8.03 | 1307 | |
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A Distant Plain
(2013)
Counter-insurgency Afghanistan: Government, Coalition, Taliban and Warlords compete. |
7.441 | 7.83 | 1721 | |
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Refight the Battle of Britain as either the RAF or the Luftwaffe or 1v1. |
7.436 | 8.02 | 1039 | |
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Churchill
(2015)
A political conflict of WW2 cooperation and competition. |
7.428 | 7.67 | 2891 | |
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Space Empires 4X
(2011)
Venture in the vast space with your fleet to make your empire prevail in the galaxy. |
7.428 | 7.70 | 3704 | |
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Cuba Libre
(2013)
Play as one of four factions vying for control of Cuba in card-driven COIN Vol:2. |
7.428 | 7.69 | 3129 | |
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Bring the drama of the Roman Civil War to life in this card driven block game. |
7.421 | 7.78 | 1633 | |
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For the People
(1998)
Take the role of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War. |
7.418 | 7.78 | 1648 | |
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1775: Rebellion
(2013)
Four sides maneuver & battle to control colonies in America's War for Independence. |
7.418 | 7.64 | 4144 | |
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Choose a side and lead it to victory in this epic struggle!! |
7.412 | 7.76 | 1641 | |
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Romans, Germans, Celts & Belgic tribes vie for Gaul, driven by historic events. |
7.409 | 7.84 | 1729 | |
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Wilderness War
(2001)
Card-driven, point-to-point, 18th century fight for North American dominance. |
7.408 | 7.71 | 1843 | |
49 |
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A Regimental-level hex and counter exploration of the Battle of the Bulge. |
7.404 | 8.01 | 786 | |
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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. |
7.399 | 8.03 | 849 | |
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Atlantic Chase
(2021)
Hunt down enemy fleets with an innovative fog-of-war system. |
7.399 | 8.46 | 547 | |
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Star Wars: Armada
(2015)
Form your fleet, plan a strategy, and execute it with your commands. |
7.395 | 7.82 | 5291 | |
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Undaunted: North Africa
(2020)
Lead a team of desert commandos in a WWII multi-scenario deck builder with vehicles. |
7.394 | 7.87 | 3070 | |
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Washington's War
(2010)
Classic card-driven game. Free the Patriots or keep America in the British Empire. |
7.383 | 7.62 | 2538 | |
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Jihad is no longer a world away. Can the West react in time to win the war on terror? |
7.376 | 7.59 | 4818 | |
56 |
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Hammer of the Scots
(2002)
William Wallace clashes with England to determine the fate of 13th-century Scotland. |
7.372 | 7.53 | 4073 | |
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Normandy '44
(2010)
Land on beaches. Fight Germans. Throw back the Allied Invasions. Roll dice. |
7.364 | 7.89 | 1007 | |
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Pilot your ships in tight arcs to take out the enemy! The universe can be yours. |
7.355 | 7.64 | 24584 | |
59 |
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Take control of the Teutons or Russians on the 13th century Baltic frontier. |
7.354 | 8.13 | 725 | |
60 |
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BattleLore: Second Edition
(2013)
Fantasy Command & Colors spiced up with magic. |
7.347 | 7.69 | 6211 | |
61 |
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Undaunted: Stalingrad
(2022)
Lead your stalwart troops to victory in World War II's most infamous city. |
7.342 | 8.86 | 675 | |
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Friedrich
(2004)
Europe is on a knife's edge as Prussia faces down an uneasy alliance. |
7.340 | 7.57 | 2762 | |
63 |
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Navajo Wars
(2013)
Avoid being subjugated by either the Spanish, Mexicans or the Americans. |
7.330 | 7.95 | 1012 | |
64 |
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Pavlov's House
(2018)
The Soviets defend a key strongpoint during the Battle of Stalingrad. |
7.324 | 7.94 | 1251 | |
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 | 7.54 | 29049 | |
66 |
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Deploy units in different theaters of combat to win WW2. |
7.320 | 7.63 | 4778 | |
67 |
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GMT COIN Vol V: Join the American Revolution as Patriots, British, Indians, or French |
7.319 | 7.79 | 1446 | |
68 |
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Fields of Fire
(2008)
Solitaire wargame of commanding a rifle company in Normandy, Korea and Vietnam. |
7.312 | 7.87 | 1255 | |
69 |
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Britons and Barbarians struggle for political and military control over Britannia. |
7.310 | 7.93 | 1001 | |
70 |
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Sub captains have just three orders: run quiet, fire at will, and survive if you can. |
7.305 | 7.73 | 1712 | |
71 |
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Squad Leader
(1977)
Command squads of soldiers in tactical WWII combat. |
7.301 | 7.54 | 3372 | |
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A block game in the Eastern Front of WWII. |
7.300 | 8.05 | 597 | |
73 |
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The Civil War 1861-1865
(1983)
ACW strategic simulation with detailed leaders, supply chains, naval war, & more. |
7.297 | 7.72 | 1243 | |
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Roman politicians try to take advantage of barbarians invading the Empire. |
7.296 | 7.61 | 2100 | |
75 |
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Form a squadron, plan its moves, take actions and engage the enemy in a dog fight. |
7.288 | 8.09 | 2752 | |
76 |
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Fast-playing East Front game that adds new units and maps to the CoH game system. |
7.284 | 7.69 | 1483 | |
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Andean Abyss
(2012)
Counter-insurgency in the cities and jungles of drug economy 1990s Colombia. |
7.279 | 7.61 | 1876 | |
78 |
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Breakout: Normandy
(1992)
Break out this game for a highly playable area-impulse treatment of D-Day. |
7.267 | 7.69 | 1040 | |
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A division-level game on the Axis 1942 summer offensive towards Stalingrad. |
7.241 | 8.43 | 433 | |
80 |
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Liberty Roads
(2009)
Allied forces challenges Axis Germany in campaigns from D-day to the Rhine. |
7.241 | 8.10 | 547 | |
81 |
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New edition includes both Bull Run campaigns of 1861 and 1862. |
7.230 | 8.69 | 303 | |
82 |
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A Few Acres of Snow
(2011)
Card-driven game about the 17th-18th century French and Indian Wars. |
7.230 | 7.38 | 7850 | |
83 |
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Ambush!
(1983)
Lead a squad through a series of WWII tactical engagements straight outta Hollywood! |
7.229 | 7.50 | 2340 | |
84 |
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Hands in the Sea
(2016)
By land or sea, wage the First Punic War battles between the Romans and Carthaginians |
7.226 | 7.84 | 851 | |
85 |
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Sparta and Athens fight to build rival civilizations among ancient Greek city-states. |
7.225 | 7.51 | 2342 | |
86 |
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Fast-paced tactical wargame of the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa. |
7.223 | 7.50 | 3052 | |
87 |
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Company level simulation of the Northern two drop zones in Operation Market Garden. |
7.222 | 8.24 | 417 | |
88 |
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A simulation of the fighting between the Axis and Soviet forces in the southwest USSR |
7.219 | 7.65 | 1080 | |
89 |
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India's independence struggle within the COIN framework. |
7.217 | 8.06 | 632 | |
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Solo wargame that puts you in command of a squadron of U.S. Navy strike aircraft. |
7.214 | 7.89 | 899 | |
91 |
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Angola
(1988)
Fast paced and dynamic wargame exploration of the Angolan Civil War of the 1970's. |
7.200 | 8.04 | 516 | |
92 |
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Take 1 to 2 players into the military and political struggle in Algeria. |
7.199 | 7.72 | 1063 | |
93 |
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Mare Nostrum: Empires
(2016)
Lead your ancient empire to the dominion of the Mediterranean Sea. |
7.199 | 7.53 | 3988 | |
94 |
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Scramble to defend your home as the English or gamble on invasion as the Vikings. |
7.198 | 7.51 | 3224 | |
95 |
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Successors (Third Edition)
(2008)
Card-based scrap between Alexander's generals to succeed to his empire. |
7.179 | 7.54 | 1246 | |
96 |
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Field Commander: Napoleon
(2011)
Guide France to glory across 14 solo campaigns, from Italy to The 100 Days. |
7.176 | 7.71 | 1046 | |
97 |
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Command Athens or Sparta to win the war while gaining more honor than your teammate. |
7.172 | 7.88 | 784 | |
98 |
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D-Day at Tarawa
(2014)
Hey, Marine, disembark in the beach and take this island! |
7.168 | 8.23 | 446 | |
99 |
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New editions of 1862, 1863, and 1864 invasions of Maryland and Pennsylvania. |
7.168 | 8.88 | 236 | |
100 |
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Submerse yourselves into a very intense game, then come up for air and try again! |
7.160 | 7.99 | 792 |