History in Play

MATCH 08

Twilight Struggle

GMT Games

2005

WT 3.6/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 8.3

The #1 rated wargame of all time. Card-driven Cold War grand strategy for two players.

Tags: Card Driven, Grand Strategic

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MATCH 08

Clash of Monarchs

GMT Games

2008

WT 4.0/5 2–4P 360MIN RTG 7.1

Card-driven game of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Sweeping and elegant.

Tags: Card Driven, Renaissance

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MATCH 05

Fire in the Lake

GMT Games

2014

WT 4.1/5 1–4P 180MIN RTG 8.1

COIN series volume covering the Vietnam War with four asymmetric factions.

Tags: Area Control

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MATCH 05

Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan

GMT Games

2011

WT 2.8/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 8.0

Block wargame of the 1600 Sekigahara campaign that unified Japan under Tokugawa. Hidden unit identities create fog of war, and card-driven combat rewards planning and misdirection.

Tags: Renaissance

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MATCH 05

Cuius Regio: The Thirty Years War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1970

WT 2.1/5 1–2P 120MIN RTG 6.9

Designed by Francisco Gradaille

Tags: Renaissance

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MATCH 05

The Battle of Blenheim, 1704

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 3.1/5 2–2P

Designed by Stephen Pole

Tags: Renaissance

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MATCH 05

Prussia's Glory II

Compass Games

2008

WT 2.8/5 1–2P 90MIN RTG 7.0

Detailed tactical simulation of Frederick the Great's major battles.

Tags: Renaissance

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MATCH 02

'65: Squad-Level Combat in the Jungles of Vietnam

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 2.4/5 2–3P

Designed by Mark H. Walker

Same era

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MATCH 02

13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 2.3/5 2–2P

Designed by Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen

Same era

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MATCH 02

1806: Rossbach Avenged

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1998

WT 3.2/5 2–2P

Designed by Kevin Zucker

Same era

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MATCH 02

1985: Deadly Northern Lights

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 4.6/5 2–4P

Designed by Fabrizio Vianello

Same era

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MATCH 02

1985: Sacred Oil

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2021

WT 4.5/5 1–6P

Designed by Fabrizio Vianello

Same era

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MATCH 02

1985: Under an Iron Sky

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 4.2/5 2–6P

Designed by Marco Cimmino, Fabrizio Vianello

Same era

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MATCH 02

A Most Dangerous Time: Japan in Chaos, 1570-1584

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2009

WT 3.1/5 2–4P

Designed by Tetsuya Nakamura, Adam Starkweather

Same era

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MATCH 02

A Week In Hell: The Battle of Hue

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

WT 2.4/5 1–1P

Designed by Laurent Guenette

Same era

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MATCH 02

Angola: Cold War Struggle in Africa

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2014

WT 3.2/5 1–2P

Designed by Joseph Miranda

Same era

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MATCH 02

Assault: Tactical Combat in Europe – 1985

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1983

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Frank Chadwick

Same era

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MATCH 02

Bar-Lev: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Deluxe Edition

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2019

WT 3.9/5 1–5P

Designed by Chris Fawcett

Same era

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MATCH 02

Bloody 110

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1989

WT 3.9/5 2–2P

Designed by Dean Essig

Same era

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MATCH 02

Bloody Monday

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 3.0/5 2–2P

Designed by Emanuele Santandrea

Same era

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HERE I STAND: WARS OF THE REFORMATION 1517-1555