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Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign – 1942-1943(1990)

★ 7.5 BGG1 playersWeight 3.99
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Games like Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign – 1942-1943

Looking for games like Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign – 1942-1943? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a fresh starting puzzle every time you sit down. 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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★ 7.31–2 playersWeight 4.0
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76/100

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★ 8.61 playersWeight 4.0
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The Civil War 1861-1865(1983)

★ 7.71–2 playersWeight 3.8
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73/100

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NATO: The Cold War Goes Hot – Designer Signature Edition(2021)

★ 8.31–4 playersWeight 3.9
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73/100

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Achtung: Spitfire! – WWII Air Combat Over Europe 1940-1943(1995)

★ 7.51–10 playersWeight 4.1
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72/100

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Firepower(1984)

★ 6.31–6 playersWeight 3.6
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71/100

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The Battle of the Little Bighorn(2005)

★ 7.41–2 players180 minWeight 3.5
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71/100

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Bloody April, 1917: Air War Over Arras, France(2012)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 4.1
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70/100

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MechWar 2: Red Star / White Star Modern Mechanized Combat in Europe(1979)

★ 6.41–2 players360 minWeight 4.3
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70/100

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Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah(2019)

★ 8.41–2 playersWeight 4.3
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69/100

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Atlanta Is Ours(2018)

★ 8.51–2 playersWeight 3.7
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69/100

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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition(1995)

★ 7.71–4 playersWeight 3.6
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69/100

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