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Great War at Sea / Second World War at Sea: Cone of Fire(2008)

★ 7.2 BGG2–4 playersWeight 2.91
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Games like Great War at Sea / Second World War at Sea: Cone of Fire

Looking for games like Great War at Sea / Second World War at Sea: Cone of Fire? 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Great War at Sea: Russo-Japanese War(2013)

★ 7.81–2 players30 minWeight 3.0
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81/100

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Battle of the Bulge: Platoon Level Combat in World War II – A Panzer Grenadier Game(2002)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
81/100

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Victory: World War II(1998)

★ 6.42–4 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
80/100

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Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Red(2002)

★ 6.71–2 players30 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
80/100

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Victory in Vietnam(1999)

★ 7.42 players180 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
79/100

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Coral Sea: Turning the Japanese Advance, 1942(1974)

★ 6.52 players120 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
76/100

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WestFront: The War in Europe, 1943-45(1992)

★ 6.92 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
75/100

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Great War at Sea: Jutland(2006)

★ 7.22 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
75/100

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Rommel in the Desert(1982)

★ 7.62 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
74/100

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Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918(2017)

★ 7.81–2 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
74/100

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Destroyer Captain(1979)

★ 7.62–6 players90 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
74/100

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Nightfighter: Air Warfare in the Night Skies of World War Two(2011)

★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
73/100

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