History in Play

MATCH 09

Race For Tunis

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1992

WT 2.5/5 2–2P

Designed by Frank Chadwick

Same war

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MATCH 08

Guns of August

Avalon Hill

1981

WT 2.1/5 1–2P 180MIN RTG 6.6

Classic grand strategic game of the entire First World War.

Tags: Europe, WWI

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MATCH 05

Paths of Glory

GMT Games

1999

WT 3.8/5 2–2P 480MIN RTG 8.1

Card-driven grand strategic game of World War I. One of the most acclaimed wargames ever made.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno

Hexasim

2018

WT 2.6/5 2–2P 240MIN RTG 8.5

Detailed simulation of the 10-month Battle of Verdun using area-impulse system.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

The Lamps Are Going Out

Compass Games

2018

WT 2.6/5 2–4P 240MIN RTG 7.7

Grand strategic WWI game covering the entire conflict from 1914-1918.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

The Great War

GMT Games

2017

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 60MIN RTG 7.8

Commands & Colors system applied to WWI Western Front tactics. Mud, wire, gas, and machine guns make this a tactically distinctive entry in the C&C family — infantry assaults feel appropriately brutal...

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

Tannenberg

Compass Games

2009

WT 2.3/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 6.9

Operational simulation of the opening battles on the Eastern Front in 1914.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

Jutland (Worthington)

Worthington Games

2019

WT 2.9/5 2–10P 360MIN RTG 6.7

Fast-playing naval game of the Battle of Jutland for 2 players.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

1914: Twilight in the East

GMT Games

2015

WT 4.4/5 2–6P 4000MIN RTG 8.0

Operational game of the opening campaigns on the Eastern Front in 1914.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 05

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

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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: Europe

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MATCH 05

Victory at Sea

Avalon Hill

1974

WT 2.3/5 2–2P 90MIN RTG 7.1

Classic WWII and WWI naval warfare game covering major fleet engagements.

Tags: WWI

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02