History in Play

MATCH 09

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 war

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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 war

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Samurai Blades: The Game of Man-to-Man Combat in Feudal Japan

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1984

WT 2.3/5 2–6P 240MIN RTG 6.6

Same war

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Warriors of Japan: A Country Aflame 1335-1339

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 2.3/5 1–2P 150MIN RTG 6.8

Same war

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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

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.

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

Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

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

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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MATCH 02

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.

Same era

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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

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...

Same era

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