SEED GAME#24639 BGG all-time

Bailen(1981)

★ 6.0 BGG2 players120 minWeight 2.25
Dice RollingHexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment

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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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Battle of the Bulge: Platoon Level Combat in World War II – A Panzer Grenadier Game(2002)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
81/100

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Victory: World War II(1998)

★ 6.42–4 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
80/100

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Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red(2002)

★ 6.71–2 players30 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
80/100

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Coral Sea: Turning the Japanese Advance, 1942(1974)

★ 6.52 players120 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
78/100

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Napoleon on the Danube: The Battle of Deutsch-Wagram(1992)

★ 7.42 players240 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
77/100

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Deux Années de Gloire(2024)

★ 8.42 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
75/100

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Aspern-Essling 1809(2009)

★ 7.82 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
75/100

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Hundred Days 20: Tolentino 20 + Waterloo 20(2015)

★ 7.82 players60 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
74/100

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España 20: La Guerra Peninsular(2017)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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Montebello 1800(2002)

★ 7.72 players60 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
74/100

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Danube 20: The Battles of Aspern-Essling & Wagram 1809(2012)

★ 7.41–2 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
74/100

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España 20: Volume 1(2014)

★ 7.51–2 players60 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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