SEED GAME#17403 BGG all-time

Ball's Bluff(2015)

★ 7.1 BGG2 players120 minWeight 2.22
Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

Games like Ball's Bluff

Looking for games like Ball's Bluff? 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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Stargard Solstice(2021)

★ 8.22 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
81/100

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Iskra: Spark of Victory, 4th Sinjavino Offensive(2023)

★ 8.31–3 players480 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
81/100

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Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944(2018)

★ 7.72 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
80/100

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Nations at War: Desert Heat(2013)

★ 7.42 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
80/100

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Space Vermin from Beyond!(2016)

★ 7.51–2 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
79/100

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Gazala 1942(2005)

★ 6.31–2 players240 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
78/100

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Lepanto 1571: A Sea Turned Red by Blood(2021)

★ 6.91–6 players240 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
78/100

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Gettysburg(2018)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
77/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridMovement Points

Cedar Mountain 1862(2020)

★ 7.32 players90 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
76/100

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Operation Cannibal(1996)

★ 5.12 players180 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
76/100

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Across the Potomac(1994)

★ 6.52 players120 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
76/100

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Harvest of Death: The Second Day at Gettysburg(1989)

★ 6.51–2 players90 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
76/100

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