Bailen(1981)
Games like Bailen
Looking for games like Bailen? 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.
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Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red(2002)
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Coral Sea: Turning the Japanese Advance, 1942(1974)
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Napoleon on the Danube: The Battle of Deutsch-Wagram(1992)
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Deux Années de Gloire(2024)
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Aspern-Essling 1809(2009)
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Hundred Days 20: Tolentino 20 + Waterloo 20(2015)
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España 20: La Guerra Peninsular(2017)
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Montebello 1800(2002)
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Danube 20: The Battles of Aspern-Essling & Wagram 1809(2012)
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España 20: Volume 1(2014)
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