SEED GAME#23523 BGG all-time

Operation Solace(1990)

★ 6.0 BGG2 players120 minWeight 3.00
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Games like Operation Solace

Looking for games like Operation Solace? 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 and a fresh starting puzzle every time you sit down. 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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8th Army: Operation Crusader – The Winter Battles for Tobruk, 1941(1984)

★ 6.82 players120 minWeight 2.9
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76/100

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Caesar's Legions(1975)

★ 6.32 players90 minWeight 2.8
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76/100

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Risorgimento: Italy's Wars of Liberation 1848-1866(1997)

★ 6.32 playersWeight 2.9
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76/100

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Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, 1942-1945(2023)

★ 8.22 playersWeight 3.0
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74/100

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Norman Conquests: Men of Iron Volume V(2023)

★ 8.01–2 playersWeight 2.8
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74/100

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Battle for Stalingrad(1980)

★ 7.52 playersWeight 3.2
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73/100

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Operation Typhoon: The German Assault on Moscow, 1941(1978)

★ 7.42 playersWeight 3.5
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73/100

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Tenkatoitsu(2016)

★ 8.31–2 playersWeight 3.4
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73/100

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Austerlitz 1805: Rising Eagles(2016)

★ 8.41–6 playersWeight 3.1
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73/100

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Alexandre contre la Perse(2019)

★ 7.62 players60 minWeight 2.8
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73/100

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Custoza, Fields of Doom(2019)

★ 7.62 players180 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
72/100

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October War: Doctrine and Tactics in the Yom Kippur Conflict, 1973(1977)

★ 6.92 playersWeight 2.9
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72/100

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