Kernstown(2019)
Games like Kernstown
Looking for games like Kernstown? 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
World At War 85: Storming the Gap(2019)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
Case Yellow, 1940: The German Blitzkrieg in the West(2011)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
Winter Thunder: The Battle of the Bulge(2015)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
The Great Pacific War: The Second World War in the Pacific 1937-1945(2003)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862(2016)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 3 more
The U.S. Civil War(2015)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Chancellorsville: Pinnacle of Victory, April 30 - May 5, 1863(1992)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg(2018)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 3 more
At Any Cost: Metz 1870(2018)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 3 more
Grant Takes Command(2001)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Chickamauga: The Confederacy's Last Hope(1986)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
This Accursed Civil War(2002)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
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World At War 85: Storming the Gap
Case Yellow, 1940: The German Blitzkrieg in the West
Winter Thunder: The Battle of the Bulge
The Great Pacific War: The Second World War in the Pacific 1937-1945
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862
The U.S. Civil War
Chancellorsville: Pinnacle of Victory, April 30 - May 5, 1863
Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg
At Any Cost: Metz 1870
Grant Takes Command
Chickamauga: The Confederacy's Last Hope
This Accursed Civil War
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