Federation & Empire(1986)
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.
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Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set(1990)
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Star Fleet Battles (Commander's Edition)(1983)
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Wings of the Motherland(2019)
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The U.S. Civil War(2015)
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Bonaparte in Italy: The Defense of Mantua & the Quadrilateral, July 29, 1796 - January 30, 1797(2000)
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Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble(2018)
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Black Sea Black Death(1982)
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On to Paris!: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871(2016)
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Baltic Gap: Summer 1944(2009)
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Renegade Legion: Prefect(1992)
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From Salerno to Rome: World War II – The Italian Campaign, 1943-1944(2020)
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Central America(1987)
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Star Fleet Battles: Captain's Edition Basic Set
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Bonaparte in Italy: The Defense of Mantua & the Quadrilateral, July 29, 1796 - January 30, 1797
Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble
Black Sea Black Death
On to Paris!: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
Baltic Gap: Summer 1944
Renegade Legion: Prefect
From Salerno to Rome: World War II – The Italian Campaign, 1943-1944
Central America
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