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Help Arrives!(2021)

★ 7.8 BGG1–2 playersWeight 3.30
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Games like Help Arrives!

Looking for games like Help Arrives!? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — 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

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GD '40(1993)

★ 7.12 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
81/100

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GD '41(1996)

★ 7.11–2 players60 minWeight 3.4
ISO Match
81/100

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Embrace an Angry Wind: The Battles of Spring Hill & Franklin, 29-30 November 1864(1992)

★ 6.91–4 players240 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
80/100

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War Galley: Naval Warfare in the Ancient World(1999)

★ 7.11–2 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
80/100

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The Siege of Minas Tirith(1975)

★ 6.72 players120 minWeight 3.2
ISO Match
78/100

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The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939(2010)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
77/100

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Rok 1920(1995)

★ 7.62 players120 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
77/100

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A las Barricadas! (2nd Edition)(2015)

★ 7.42 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
77/100

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This Accursed Civil War(2002)

★ 7.52 playersWeight 3.6
ISO Match
77/100

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La Bataille de la Moscowa(1975)

★ 7.82 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
76/100

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Lobositz: First Battle of the Seven Years War(2005)

★ 8.12 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
76/100

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Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1(2004)

★ 7.82 players120 minWeight 3.8
ISO Match
76/100

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