Italia(2006)
Games like Italia
Looking for games like Italia? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Chariot Lords(1999)
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Red Russia: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921(2008)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Hispania(1994)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Barbarian, Kingdom & Empire(1983)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (Second Edition)(2011)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
The Campaigns of King David: The Biblical Struggle for the Near East(2007)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Feudal Lord(1983)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Downfall of the Third Reich(2022)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Black Swan(2020)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Britannia(1986)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Russian Civil War 1918-1922(1976)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
The Ottomans: Rise of the Turkish Empire, 1453-1571(2004)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
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