Black Swan(2020)
Games like Black Swan
Looking for games like Black Swan? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — 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
1939-45 Harc Európáért(1986)
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Battle for China(1999)
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ITALY '43-'45: La Resa Dei Conti(2021)
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Eagles of the Empire: Spanish Eagles(2008)
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Rome At War III: Queen of the Celts(2007)
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Tito and his Partisan Army: Yugoslavia, 1941-45(1980)
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Operation Whirlwind: Budapest – November 1956(2002)
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The Campaigns of King David: The Biblical Struggle for the Near East(2007)
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"Almost a Miracle!”: The Revolutionary War in the North(2020)
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Napoleon in Europe(2001)
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Feudal Lord(1983)
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Downfall of the Third Reich(2022)
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1939-45 Harc Európáért
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Eagles of the Empire: Spanish Eagles
Rome At War III: Queen of the Celts
Tito and his Partisan Army: Yugoslavia, 1941-45
Operation Whirlwind: Budapest – November 1956
The Campaigns of King David: The Biblical Struggle for the Near East
"Almost a Miracle!”: The Revolutionary War in the North
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