Aces High: War in the Air 1914 - 1918(1980)
Games like Aces High: War in the Air 1914 - 1918
Looking for games like Aces High: War in the Air 1914 - 1918? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — built on pushing your luck against the roll. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Second World War at Sea: Bomb Alley(2002)
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Wooden Ships & Iron Men(1974)
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Fifth Frontier War(1981)
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Starmada: The Admiralty Edition(2009)
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Great War Commander(2018)
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Durchbruch: The Austro-German attack at Caporetto October 1917(2019)
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The Schlieffen Plan(1997)
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Tannenberg: Eagles in the East / Galicia: The Forgotten Cauldron(1999)
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Empires & Alliances(2018)
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Ostatnia Wojna Cesarzy: Front Wschodni 1914(1997)
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No Man's Land: Trench Warfare 1914-1918(2015)
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Grand Illusion: Mirage of Glory, 1914(2004)
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The Schlieffen Plan
Tannenberg: Eagles in the East / Galicia: The Forgotten Cauldron
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Ostatnia Wojna Cesarzy: Front Wschodni 1914
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