Cold Days in Hell(2000)
Games like Cold Days in Hell
Looking for games like Cold Days in Hell? 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.
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No Retreat 2: The Africa Front 1940-1942(2011)
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No Retreat 3: The French Front – May-June 1940(2012)
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Savannah(2005)
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The Great War(2015)
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No Retreat!: The Russian Front 1941-1944(2008)
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Four Lost Battles (2nd Edition): Quadrigame of the Dresden Campaign(2022)
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Brothers at War: 1862(2022)
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Napoleon Invades Spain: Peninsular War – Part I(2021)
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The Habit of Victory: From Warsaw to Eylau to Friedland, 1806-7(2007)
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Strike Them a Blow: 1864 North Anna River(2006)
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Dien Bien Phu: The Final Gamble(2014)
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June '44: The Struggle for Normandy, 1944(2008)
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No Retreat 2: The Africa Front 1940-1942
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No Retreat!: The Russian Front 1941-1944
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Brothers at War: 1862
Napoleon Invades Spain: Peninsular War – Part I
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