History in Play

MATCH 28

El Alamein: The Battle for North Africa

Compass Games

2020

WT 3.4/5 2–2P 360MIN

Detailed operational simulation of the pivotal El Alamein battles of 1942.

Same eventSame warTags: Armored, North Africa Theater, WWII

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El Alamein

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

WT 2.9/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 6.9

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DAK2

GMT Games

2006

WT 4.4/5 1–2P 360MIN RTG 8.3

Comprehensive operational simulation of the entire North Africa campaign.

Tags: Armored, North Africa Theater, WWII

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MATCH 11

Rommel in the Desert

Columbia Games

1982

WT 3.4/5 2–2P 150MIN RTG 7.5

Card-driven block game of the North Africa campaign. Fast and elegant.

Tags: Armored, North Africa Theater, WWII

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MATCH 08

Battle of the Bulge 1944

GMT Games

2024

WT 2.1/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 7.9

Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.

Tags: Armored, WWII

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MATCH 08

Kursk: The Southern Front

MMP

2010

WT 3.1/5 3–4P 45MIN RTG 6.5

Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.

Tags: Armored, WWII

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MATCH 08

Barbarossa: Army Group South

GMT Games

2001

WT 2.6/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 6.8

Part of the Barbarossa series. Covers the Wehrmacht's drive into Ukraine in 1941.

Tags: Armored, WWII

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MATCH 08

Ardennes '44

GMT Games

2003

WT 2.9/5 2–4P 180MIN RTG 7.1

Acclaimed operational simulation of the Battle of the Bulge.

Tags: Armored, WWII

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MATCH 08

Iwo Jima: Bloodbath in the Bonins

Decision Games

2020

WT 3.0/5 1–1P 180MIN

Solitaire game of the US Marine assault on Iwo Jima.

Tags: Infantry, WWII

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MATCH 08

The War: Europe 1939-1945

GMT Games

2009

WT 4.2/5 2–5P 1080MIN RTG 7.2

Grand strategic game covering the entire European theater of WWII.

Tags: Europe, WWII

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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: Europe, Renaissance

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MATCH 08

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: Europe, Renaissance

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MATCH 05

Stalingrad '42

GMT Games

2019

WT 2.3/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 7.5

Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.

Tags: WWII

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MATCH 05

D-Day at Omaha Beach

Decision Games

2009

WT 3.4/5 1–2P 480MIN RTG 8.3

Solitaire game covering the first critical hours of the Omaha Beach landing.

Tags: WWII

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MATCH 05

The Longest Day

Avalon Hill

1980

WT 4.1/5 2–8P 5400MIN RTG 7.2

Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.

Tags: WWII

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Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Tags: WWII

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MATCH 05

Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555

GMT Games

2006

WT 2.0/5 2–6P 30MIN RTG 6.3

Grand strategic card-driven game covering the political, military and religious upheaval of the Reformation. Six powers compete across Europe, the Americas, and the Ottoman frontier.

Tags: Renaissance

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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