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MATCH 11
Clash of Monarchs
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, Leadership, Renaissance
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MATCH 09
Four Roads to Moscow
Four Roads to Moscow

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2011

WT 2.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Roger Nord, John Prados, Ted Raicer, Michael Rinella

Same war
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MATCH 09
Moscow '41
Moscow '41

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 2.9/5 2–2P

Designed by Emanuele Santandrea

Same war
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MATCH 09
Objective Moscow: The Death of Soviet Communism
Objective Moscow: The Death of Soviet Communism

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1978

WT 3.7/5 1–3P

Designed by Joe Angiolillo, Philip S. Kosnett

Same war
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MATCH 09
The Moscow Campaign: Strike and Counterstrike Russia
The Moscow Campaign: Strike and Counterstrike Russia

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1972

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6
Same war
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MATCH 08
Prussia's Glory II
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
Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555
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
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
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
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
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far

Avalon Hill

1977

WT 3.9/5 4–4P 60MIN RTG 7.5

Classic simulation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne operation of 1944.

Tags: Combined Arms
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MATCH 05
The War: Europe 1939-1945
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
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MATCH 05
Men of Iron
Men of Iron

GMT Games

2005

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 6.9

Medieval battle game covering Agincourt, Crécy, and other battles.

Tags: Europe
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MATCH 02
Stalingrad '42
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hammer of the Scots
Hammer of the Scots

Columbia Games

2002

WT 3.0/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 7.5

Columbia Games' block wargame of the Scottish Wars of Independence, 1296-1314. Features William Wallace and Robert Bruce against English domination. Hidden unit strengths via wooden blocks.

Same era
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