Cataclysm: A Second World War(2018)
Games like Cataclysm: A Second World War
Looking for games like Cataclysm: A Second World War? 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
Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940(2009)
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Fief(2011)
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War Room(2019)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Enemy Action: Ardennes(2015)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more
Death in the Trenches: The Great War 1914-1918 (Second Edition)(2022)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Axis & Allies: Europe 1940(2010)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
The War Game: World War II(2005)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Europe Engulfed: WWII European Theatre Block Game(2003)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Race For Bastogne(2022)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more
Operation Mercury: The Invasion of Crete(2017)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more
Absolute Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945(2017)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more
Asia Engulfed(2007)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
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