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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Five major world powers fight for top leadership.
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Earn troops, attack foes, and defend your own lands. Try to take over the world!
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Use smart moves and lateral thinking to protect your queen at all costs.
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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.
Also ranks #16 on Best Strategy Board Games
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Learn WWII, battle formations, and historical terrain with this game. Can you lead an army?
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The US and the Soviet Union clash, each aiming to make the world better with their ideologies.
Also ranks #13 on Best 2 Player Board Games
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Devise a clever plan to steal the enemy's flag. Use spies, deception, and battlefield tactics to conquer everything!
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Two players command the Axis and the Allies in this WWII European Theater combat game.
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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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This two-player game retells the battle between Germany and Russia during WWII.
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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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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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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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Here I Stand is a complex religious game. Players use cards to battle during the Protestant Reformation.
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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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Unify the Republic and become the Emperor of Rome in this cunning strategy game.
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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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This game recreates Napoleon's greatest victory, showing the most cunning trap set for the Allied Troops and Czar Alexander.
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Tide of Iron is a WWII board game about the German attack on Normandy Beach in France on D-Day.
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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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Players protect their "King" playing pieces on the board in this simplified chess version of Draughts.
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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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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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The Empire battles Chaos by drawing cards and moving characters across the game board.
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Dodge enemy fire from the cockpit of the world's best Close Air Support aircraft.
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