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Best War Board Games

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Get ready for battle! Play popular war board games like Battleship, Risk, Stratego, and Axis and Allies. These are some of the best war board games for kids. Can you lead an army, command a cavalry, and conquer the opposing team? Find out by playing these fun games. What's your favorite war board game? Vote for the best battles.

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    Axis and Allies

    Five major world powers fight for top leadership.

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    Risk

    Earn troops, attack foes, and defend your own lands. Try to take over the world!

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    Chess

    Use smart moves and lateral thinking to protect your queen at all costs.

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    Advanced Squad Leader

    This game teaches Infantry combat at a tactical level.

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    🔥 268 up · 162 down
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    Diplomacy

    This is a strategy board game.This strategy board game focuses on cunning deception and strategy. Hatch your plans for world domination and form alliances with other players.This game involves cunning deception and strategy. Hatch your plans for world domination and form allies with other players.

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    🔥 207 up · 121 down

    Also ranks #16 on Best Strategy Board Games

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    Memoir '44

    Learn WWII, battle formations, and historical terrain with this game. Can you lead an army?

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    🔥 212 up · 137 down▲ 1 above editor
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    Twilight Struggle

    The US and the Soviet Union clash, each aiming to make the world better with their ideologies.

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    🔥 204 up · 130 down▼ 1 below editor

    Also ranks #13 on Best 2 Player Board Games

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    Stratego

    Devise a clever plan to steal the enemy's flag. Use spies, deception, and battlefield tactics to conquer everything!

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    Paths of Glory

    Play a strategic game recreating WWI.

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    🔥 120 up · 80 down
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    Commands and Colors Ancients

    Battle Carthage and Rome in this fun strategy board game.

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    🔥 115 up · 78 down
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    Combat Commander: Europe

    Two players command the Axis and the Allies in this WWII European Theater combat game.

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    🔥 119 up · 88 down
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    Battle Cry
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    🔥 56 up · 32 down▲ 1 above editor
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    1775: Rebellion

    Players act as the American Continental Army and Patriots against the British Army and Loyalists. Each side seeks control of provinces, territories, and colonies using American Indians, the French Army, and the German Hessians.

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    🔥 86 up · 65 down▼ 1 below editor
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    Commands & Colors Napoleonic

    History comes alive in this strategy game set in the Napoleonic era.

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    🔥 99 up · 83 down
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    Axis & Allies D-Day
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    🔥 53 up · 39 down▲ 4 above editor
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    Fortress America
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    D-Day at Omaha Beach

    The player controls US troops on Omaha Beach and tries to defeat their enemies.

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    🔥 83 up · 76 down▼ 1 below editor
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    No Retreat! The Russian Front

    This two-player game retells the battle between Germany and Russia during WWII.

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    🔥 71 up · 65 down▼ 3 below editor
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    Battleship

    You sunk my battleship! Use logic and guessing to find the other player's battleship location on the board. Hit their ship with a correct guess to fill it with pegs. Sink all the other player's ships first to win!

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    🔥 92 up · 86 down▼ 1 below editor

    Also ranks #5 on Win Every Board Game · #5 on Best 2 Player Board Games · #5 on Best Board Games for Kids 7-12

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    Combat Commander: Pacific

    Learn about combat situations in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

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    🔥 59 up · 53 down▲ 3 above editor
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    Shogun

    Players take the role of a great Daimyo with all his troops. Each Daimyo develops his kingdom, secures points, and trains his armies. The Daimyo with the most points becomes Shogun!

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    🔥 97 up · 93 down▼ 4 below editor
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    Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge
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    🔥 38 up · 34 down▲ 2 above editor
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    Sekigahara: the Unification of Japan

    Each player must rally the daimyo to unify Japan.

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    🔥 61 up · 58 down▲ 2 above editor
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    Axis & Allies Guadalcanal
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    🔥 34 up · 32 down▲ 2 above editor
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    Washington's War

    It is England versus the US in this fight for independence!

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    🔥 60 up · 58 down▲ 2 above editor
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    🔥 26 up · 25 down▲ 2 above editor
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    Hannibal: Rome Vs. Carthage

    This game strategically recreates the Second Punic War where players try to defend the Roman Empire against attacks.Players defend the Roman Empire against attacks.Players defend the Roman Empire against attacks.

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    🔥 75 up · 77 down▼ 7 below editor
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    Here I Stand

    Here I Stand is a complex religious game. Players use cards to battle during the Protestant Reformation.

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    🔥 58 up · 61 down▲ 1 above editor
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    Red Storm Rising
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    Go
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    Also ranks #9 on Best 2 Player Board Games · #10 on Best Strategy Board Games · #24 on Two Letter Scrabble Words

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    Amerika
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    🔥 13 up · 18 down▲ 13 above editor
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    Risk: Legacy

    This is a sequel to the classic board game Risk.This is the classic board game Risk.Every move you make in Risk determines future games against your enemies.

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    🔥 66 up · 73 down▼ 5 below editor
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    Conquest of the Empire

    Unify the Republic and become the Emperor of Rome in this cunning strategy game.

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    🔥 56 up · 63 down▼ 3 below editor
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    Supremacy
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    🔥 17 up · 26 down▲ 11 above editor
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    🔥 9 up · 18 down▲ 14 above editor
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    Up Front

    This man-to-man infantry combat game is set in WWII. Use cards to move your troops across constantly changing terrain.

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    🔥 53 up · 63 down▼ 3 below editor
  • 39
    Napoleon's Triumph

    This game recreates Napoleon's greatest victory, showing the most cunning trap set for the Allied Troops and Czar Alexander.

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    🔥 44 up · 54 down▼ 2 below editor
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    Tide of Iron

    Tide of Iron is a WWII board game about the German attack on Normandy Beach in France on D-Day.

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    🔥 58 up · 68 down▼ 2 below editor
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    Stratego Waterloo

    This game opens the door to serious wargames. It is too heavy for regular Stratego, yet too light for a full wargame.

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    🔥 40 up · 51 down▼ 1 below editor
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    1989: Dawn of Freedom

    This fast, strategic game shows the end of the Cold War in 1989.

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    🔥 34 up · 45 down
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    Julius Caesar

    This two-player game recreates the Roman Civil Wars: Caesar versus Pompey.

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    🔥 42 up · 54 down▼ 4 below editor
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    Checkers

    Players protect their "King" playing pieces on the board in this simplified chess version of Draughts.

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    🔥 65 up · 78 down▼ 13 below editor

    Also ranks #3 on Best 2 Player Board Games · #9 on Best Board Games for Kids 7-12 · #21 on Best Strategy Board Games

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    Virgin Queen: Wars of Religion 1559-1598

    This game shows Europe during Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philip II of Spain's reign. Each player controls a major European power to defeat rivals.

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    🔥 37 up · 50 down▼ 4 below editor
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    Kemet

    Manage an ancient Egyptian civilization. Control your troops to defeat your enemies.

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    🔥 53 up · 66 down▼ 2 below editor
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    BattleLore

    This strategic board game is set in Terrinoth. The Daqan Lords fight the demon-worshipping Uthuk Y'llan. Players must build an army to fight these fierce enemies and protect Terrinoth.

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    🔥 39 up · 53 down▼ 4 below editor
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    Battle Masters

    The Empire battles Chaos by drawing cards and moving characters across the game board.

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    🔥 34 up · 51 down▼ 1 below editor
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    Thunderbolt Apache Leader

    Dodge enemy fire from the cockpit of the world's best Close Air Support aircraft.

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    🔥 27 up · 45 down▼ 1 below editor

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