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Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942(1990)

★ 6.3 BGG1–4 players240 minWeight 3.44
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Games like Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942

Looking for games like Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942? 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

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France '40: 2nd Edition(2024)

★ 8.12 playersWeight 3.5
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83/100

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Across the Pacific(2010)

★ 7.92–4 players180 minWeight 3.1
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81/100

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No Retreat! The Russian Front(2011)

★ 7.72 players360 minWeight 3.2
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79/100

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Stalingrad '42: Southern Russia, June-December, 1942(2019)

★ 8.42–4 playersWeight 3.5
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79/100

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2ème D.B. 'I' Normandie(1983)

★ 5.92 playersWeight 3.0
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79/100

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Salerno '43(2022)

★ 8.02 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
78/100

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North Africa '41(2023)

★ 8.31–2 playersWeight 3.6
ISO Match
78/100

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Arracourt(2022)

★ 8.42 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
78/100

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Victory Roads: From Bagration to the Fall of Berlin 1944-1945(2015)

★ 8.02 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
78/100

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The Third Winter: The Battle for the Ukraine September 1943-April 1944(2021)

★ 8.62–6 playersWeight 3.9
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78/100

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Red Parachutes: Soviet Airborne Assault Across the Dnepr(1995)

★ 6.92 players360 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
78/100

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Bitter Woods Deluxe Edition(2003)

★ 7.62–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
77/100

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