SEED GAME#11799 BGG all-time

GHQ(2024)

★ 7.7 BGG2 players20 minWeight 2.14
Action PointsGrid MovementZone of Control

Games like GHQ

Looking for games like GHQ? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table. 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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Mythic Mischief(2022)

★ 7.51–4 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementVariable Player Powers

Mythic Mischief Vol. II(2024)

★ 7.91–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementVariable Player Powers

KUMO Hogosha(2015)

★ 6.52–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsAction QueueGrid Movement

Forlorn: Hope(2010)

★ 6.81–2 players40 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid Movement

High Heavens(2015)

★ 7.32–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementHand Management

Red Typhoon: The Soviet Winter Counter-Offensive, 1942(2017)

★ 7.61–2 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Periodic: A Game of The Elements(2019)

★ 6.72–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementSet Collection

Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas: Malleus Maleficarum(2015)

★ 7.12–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementHand Management

Labyrinthos(2020)

★ 7.42–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsGrid MovementSquare Grid

Turning the Tables: The Axis Defeat of the Soviet Spring '42 Offensive(1998)

★ 7.01–2 players180 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Action Points + 2 more

Action PointsChit-Pull SystemGrid Movement

Dawn on Titan(2022)

★ 6.71–4 players30 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
64/100

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Action PointsGrid MovementRock-Paper-Scissors

Space Hulk(1989)

★ 7.52 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Action Points + 1 more

Action PointsDice RollingGrid Movement

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