History in Play

MATCH 09

A Sheer Butchery: Solferino 1859

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2019

WT 2.9/5 2–2P

Designed by Luc Olivier, Riccardo Rinaldi

Same war

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MATCH 08

Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Tags: Naval, Pacific Theater

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MATCH 08

Guadalcanal

Compass Games

2011

WT 2.5/5 2–2P 360MIN RTG 5.9

Operational game covering the entire Guadalcanal campaign — land, sea, and air.

Tags: Naval, Pacific Theater

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MATCH 08

Coral Sea

Avalon Hill

1979

WT 2.8/5 2–2P 180MIN

Classic carrier battle game simulating the first fleet engagement fought entirely by aircraft.

Tags: Naval, Pacific Theater

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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: Pacific Theater, Tactical

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MATCH 08

Carrier

Avalon Hill

1990

WT 4.0/5 1–1P 360MIN RTG 7.4

Solitaire game of naval air warfare in the Pacific, playable across multiple scenarios.

Tags: Naval, Pacific Theater

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MATCH 08

Tsushima

Decision Games

2016

WT 2.6/5 2–2P 240MIN RTG 5.9

Naval wargame of the decisive 1905 Battle of Tsushima.

Tags: Naval, Tactical

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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: Tactical

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MATCH 05

Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid

GMT Games

2019

WT 3.1/5 1–3P 360MIN RTG 7.7

Solitaire game recreating the famous 617 Squadron bouncing-bomb raid on the Ruhr dams.

Tags: Tactical

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MATCH 05

Falklands War 1982

OSS Games

2018

WT 2.8/5 2–2P 180MIN

Operational game of the Argentine-British conflict over the Falkland Islands.

Tags: Naval

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1977

WT 3.6/5 2–4P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond A. Simonsen

Same era

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MATCH 02

5th Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the Indian Ocean

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1989

WT 3.4/5 2–4P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski

Same era

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MATCH 02

7th Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the Far East

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1987

WT 3.6/5 2–2P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski

Same era

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MATCH 02

A Distant Plain

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2013

WT 3.9/5 1–4P

Designed by Volko Ruhnke, Brian Train

Same era

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MATCH 02

A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2000

WT 3.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Dean Essig, Alan Wambold

Same era

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