Board Games
Best Wargames
The best wargames, ranked by BoardGameGeek rating and the GamingList community — historical and tactical conflict games for players who want depth and crunch.
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War of the Ring: Second Edition
2011 · Fantasy · Fighting
2–4 players · Heavy weight
8.2 - 2
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Twilight Struggle
2005 · Modern Warfare · Political
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
8.0 - 3
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Paths of Glory
1999 · Wargame · World War I
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
7.3 - 4
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Dune: War for Arrakis
2024 · Dice · Movies / TV / Radio theme
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
7.3 - 5
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D-Day at Omaha Beach
2009 · Wargame · World War II
1 player · Medium weight
6.8 - 6
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Imperial Struggle
2020 · Age of Reason · American Revolutionary War
2 players · Heavy weight
7.0 - 7
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Here I Stand: 500th Anniversary Edition
2017 · Negotiation · Pike and Shot
2–6 players · Heavy weight
6.5 - 8
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Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan
2011 · Civil War · Pike and Shot
2 players · Medium weight
7.3 - 9
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Empire of the Sun: The Pacific War 1941-1945
2005 · Nautical · Wargame
1–2 players · Heavy weight
6.7 - 10
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Triumph & Tragedy: European Balance of Power 1936-1945
2015 · Economic · Negotiation
2–3 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 11
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Combat Commander: Europe
2006 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
7.2 - 12
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Root
2018 · Animals · Fantasy
2–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
7.9 - 13
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Maria
2009 · Age of Reason · Bluffing
2–3 players · Medium-Heavy weight
7.1 - 14
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Undaunted: Stalingrad
2022 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 15
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Commands & Colors: Napoleonics
2010 · Napoleonic · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
7.0 - 16
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Fire in the Lake
2014 · Civil War · Modern Warfare
1–4 players · Heavy weight
7.0 - 17
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Combat Commander: Pacific
2008 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
6.6 - 18
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Advanced Squad Leader
1985 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Heavy weight
6.9 - 19
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Here I Stand
2006 · Negotiation · Pike and Shot
2–6 players · Heavy weight
7.0 - 20
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Hannibal & Hamilcar
2018 · Ancient · Political
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.6 - 21
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War of the Ring
2004 · Adventure · Fantasy
2–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
7.3 - 22
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Commands & Colors: Ancients
2006 · Ancient · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
7.3 - 23
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
1996 · Ancient · Political
2 players · Medium weight
7.0 - 24
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Napoleon's Triumph: The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805
2007 · Napoleonic · Wargame
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.6 - 25
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Virgin Queen
2012 · Negotiation · Pike and Shot
2–6 players · Heavy weight
6.6 - 26
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Up Front
1983 · Card Game · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
6.6 - 27
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Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1
2004 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.7 - 28
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Holland '44: Operation Market-Garden
2017 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 29
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Enemy Action: Ardennes
2015 · Wargame · World War II
1–2 players · Heavy weight
6.1 - 30
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Fields of Fire: Deluxe Edition
2025 · Korean War · Modern Warfare
1 player · Heavy weight
6.0 - 31
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Undaunted: Normandy
2019 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Light-Medium weight
7.4 - 32
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Atlantic Chase: The Kriegsmarine Against the Home Fleet 1939-1942
2021 · Nautical · Wargame
1–2 players · Medium weight
6.3 - 33
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The U.S. Civil War
2015 · American Civil War · Civil War
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 34
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Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #2
2005 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.3 - 35
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Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #3
2007 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.3 - 36
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Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
2013 · Civil War · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
6.1 - 37
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Space Empires 4X
2011 · Bluffing · Civilization
1–4 players · Medium weight
6.9 - 38
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Burning Banners
2024 · Fantasy · Wargame
2–6 players · Medium weight
6.4 - 39
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Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Second Edition)
2012 · Wargame · World War II
2–4 players · Medium weight
6.5 - 40
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Nemo's War (Second Edition)
2017 · Adventure · Exploration
1–4 players · Medium weight
7.1 - 41
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For the People
1998 · American Civil War · Civil War
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.5 - 42
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Wir sind das Volk!
2014 · Economic · Political
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.7 - 43
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RAF: The Battle of Britain 1940
2009 · Aviation / Flight · Wargame
1–2 players · Medium weight
6.3 - 44
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Europa Universalis: The Price of Power
2023 · Age of Reason · Civilization
1–4 players · Heavy weight
6.5 - 45
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1989: Dawn of Freedom
2012 · Modern Warfare · Political
2 players · Medium weight
6.6 - 46
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Churchill
2015 · Political · Wargame
1–3 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 47
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Cuba Libre
2013 · Economic · Modern Warfare
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.8 - 48
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The Battle of Five Armies
2014 · Adventure · Fantasy
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.8 - 49
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Julius Caesar: Caesar, Pompey, and the Roman Civil War
2010 · Ancient · Civil War
2 players · Light-Medium weight
6.5 - 50
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A Distant Plain
2013 · Modern Warfare · Wargame
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.5 - 51
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1775: Rebellion
2013 · Age of Reason · American Revolutionary War
2–4 players · Light-Medium weight
6.9 - 52
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Undaunted: North Africa
2020 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Light-Medium weight
6.9 - 53
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Thunderbolt Apache Leader
2012 · Aviation / Flight · Modern Warfare
1 player · Medium weight
6.4 - 54
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Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
2025 · Miniatures · Movies / TV / Radio theme
2–4 players · Light weight
6.8 - 55
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Star Wars: Armada
2015 · Collectible Components · Miniatures
2 players · Medium weight
7.0 - 56
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Weimar: The Fight for Democracy
2023 · Economic · Political
4 players · Heavy weight
6.2 - 57
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SPQR (Deluxe Edition)
2008 · Ancient · Wargame
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 58
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Wilderness War
2001 · Age of Reason · American Indian Wars
1–2 players · Medium weight
6.5 - 59
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Normandy '44
2010 · Wargame · World War II
2–3 players · Medium weight
6.3 - 60
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No Retreat! The Russian Front
2011 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
6.4 - 61
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Ardennes '44: The Battle of the Bulge
2003 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.1 - 62
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BattleLore: Second Edition
2013 · Fantasy · Miniatures
2 players · Medium weight
7.0 - 63
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Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
2012 · Aviation / Flight · Bluffing
2 players · Light-Medium weight
7.4 - 64
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Hammer of the Scots
2002 · Medieval · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 65
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Washington's War
2010 · Age of Reason · American Revolutionary War
2 players · Medium weight
6.6 - 66
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Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar
2016 · Ancient · Wargame
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.5 - 67
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Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?
2010 · Modern Warfare · Political
1–2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.9 - 68
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Memoir '44
2004 · Miniatures · Wargame
2–4 players · Light-Medium weight
7.3 - 69
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Pavlov's House
2018 · Wargame · World War II
1–3 players · Medium weight
6.4 - 70
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Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe
2014 · Wargame · World War II
2–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 71
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Star Wars: X-Wing (Second Edition)
2018 · Aviation / Flight · Bluffing
2 players · Medium weight
6.9 - 72
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Friedrich: Anniversary Edition
2004 · Age of Reason · Wargame
3–4 players · Medium weight
6.6 - 73
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Squad Leader
1977 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Heavy weight
6.6 - 74
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Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242
2019 · Medieval · Wargame
1–2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 75
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Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection
2016 · Age of Reason · American Revolutionary War
1–4 players · Heavy weight
6.4 - 76
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Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes
2019 · Wargame · World War II
1–2 players · Light weight
7.0 - 77
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Fields of Fire
2008 · Korean War · Modern Warfare
1 player · Heavy weight
6.3 - 78
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Navajo Wars
2013 · American Indian Wars · American West
1–2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 79
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Star Trek: Ascendancy
2016 · Civilization · Exploration
3 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 80
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Time of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil, 235-284 AD
2017 · Ancient · Wargame
2–4 players · Medium weight
6.5 - 81
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Andean Abyss
2012 · Modern Warfare · Political
1–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.5 - 82
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The Civil War 1861-1865
1983 · American Civil War · Civil War
1–2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.2 - 83
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Stalingrad '42: Southern Russia, June-December, 1942
2019 · Wargame · World War II
2–4 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.0 - 84
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Commands & Colors: Medieval
2019 · Medieval · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
6.0 - 85
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Ambush!
1983 · Wargame · World War II
1 player · Medium weight
6.5 - 86
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Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain
2017 · Ancient · Medieval
1–4 players · Heavy weight
6.2 - 87
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The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, 1939-43
2013 · Nautical · Wargame
1–2 players · Medium weight
6.4 - 88
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EastFront: The War in Russia 1941-45 – Second Edition
2006 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
6.0 - 89
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Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! – Kursk 1943
2009 · Wargame · World War II
1–4 players · Medium weight
6.3 - 90
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Brotherhood & Unity
2020 · Civil War · Modern Warfare
2–3 players · Medium weight
6.1 - 91
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A Few Acres of Snow
2011 · Age of Reason · American Indian Wars
2 players · Medium weight
6.9 - 92
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Successors (Fourth Edition)
2021 · Ancient · Wargame
2–5 players · Heavy weight
6.2 - 93
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Breakout: Normandy
1992 · Wargame · World War II
2 players · Medium weight
6.2 - 94
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Polis
2020 · Ancient · Economic
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
6.3 - 95
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Warfighter: The WWII Tactical Combat Card Game
2016 · Card Game · Wargame
1–6 players · Medium weight
6.3 - 96
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A Gest of Robin Hood
2024 · Medieval · Wargame
2 players · Medium weight
6.5 - 97
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878 Vikings: Invasions of England
2017 · Educational · Medieval
2–4 players · Medium weight
6.7 - 98
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Mare Nostrum: Empires
2016 · Ancient · Civilization
3–5 players · Medium weight
6.8 - 99
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Stonewall Jackson's Way II: Battles of Bull Run
2013 · American Civil War · Wargame
2 players · Medium-Heavy weight
5.9 - 100
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Wallenstein
2002 · Economic · Pike and Shot
3–5 players · Medium weight
6.7