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Burning Banners(2024)

★ 8.2 BGG2–6 players60 minWeight 3.11
Critical Hits and FailuresDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Games like Burning Banners

Looking for games like Burning Banners? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and building an engine card by card as the game unfolds. 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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Man to Man(1985)

★ 6.32–12 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
65/100

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Critical Hits and FailuresDice RollingGrid Movement

Undaunted: Stalingrad(2022)

★ 8.52 players45 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 3 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingHexagon Grid

Runebound (Third Edition)(2015)

★ 7.52–4 players120 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 4 more

Action PointsArea MovementDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Austerlitz 1805: Rising Eagles(2016)

★ 8.41–6 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more

Dice RollingEventsGrid Movement

Imperium: Empires in Conflict – Worlds in the Balance(1977)

★ 6.92 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
62/100

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Dice RollingEventsGrid Movement

1985: Sacred Oil(2021)

★ 9.11–6 players300 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
62/100

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Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

Wizard Kings(2000)

★ 6.82–7 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
62/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridModular Board

Dragon Pass(1980)

★ 7.02–3 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more

Dice RollingEventsGrid Movement

Gladiator(1981)

★ 6.62–6 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
62/100

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Action QueueCritical Hits and FailuresDice Rolling

Panzergruppe Guderian(1976)

★ 7.42 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
62/100

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Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

White Bear & Red Moon(1975)

★ 7.61–3 players90 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
62/100

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Area MovementChit-Pull SystemDice Rolling

War and Peace: Game of the Napoleonic Wars(2020)

★ 7.92–5 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
61/100

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Dice RollingEventsGrid Movement

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