SEED GAME#8128 BGG all-time

Federation & Empire(1986)

★ 6.5 BGG2–8 playersWeight 4.36
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Games like Federation & Empire

Looking for games like Federation & Empire? 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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78/100

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Wings of the Motherland(2019)

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The U.S. Civil War(2015)

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76/100

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Bonaparte in Italy: The Defense of Mantua & the Quadrilateral, July 29, 1796 - January 30, 1797(2000)

★ 7.92 playersWeight 4.0
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76/100

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Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble(2018)

★ 7.51–4 players240 minWeight 4.3
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75/100

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Black Sea Black Death(1982)

★ 7.32–4 players360 minWeight 3.9
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75/100

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On to Paris!: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871(2016)

★ 6.92 players60 minWeight 3.9
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75/100

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Baltic Gap: Summer 1944(2009)

★ 7.92 playersWeight 4.1
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74/100

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Renegade Legion: Prefect(1992)

★ 6.62 players180 minWeight 3.8
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73/100

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From Salerno to Rome: World War II – The Italian Campaign, 1943-1944(2020)

★ 8.32 playersWeight 4.2
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73/100

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★ 6.12 players360 minWeight 4.2
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72/100

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