Chicago '68(2025)
Games like Chicago '68
Looking for games like Chicago '68? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on building an engine card by card as the game unfolds and the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. 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
1960: The Making of the President(2007)
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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage(1996)
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1989: Dawn of Freedom(2012)
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Prelude to Revolution: Russia's Descent into Anarchy 1905 - 1917(2023)
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Europe in Turmoil II: The Interbellum Years 1920-1939(2024)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire(2023)
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Twilight Struggle(2005)
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Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War(2018)
Shares Action / Event + 3 more
Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War(2023)
Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more
Pax Romana(2006)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
The First Jihad: The Rise of Islam 632-750(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Plunderbund(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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Twilight Struggle
Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War
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