Cold War: CIA vs KGB(2007)
Games like Cold War: CIA vs KGB
Looking for games like Cold War: CIA vs KGB? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and cards that force hard choices because each one can do more than one job. 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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The City(2011)
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Spies & Lies: A Stratego Story(2019)
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Not Alone(2016)
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Glory Islands(2022)
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Hanamikoji(2013)
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Shares Secret Unit Deployment + 1 more
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