Pax Romana(2006)
Games like Pax Romana
Looking for games like Pax Romana? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals 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
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage(1996)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Hannibal & Hamilcar(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire(2008)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Successors (Fourth Edition)(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Global War 1939(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 – 2nd Edition(2025)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Byzantium(2005)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Almoravid: Reconquista and Riposte in Spain 1085-1086(2022)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Genesis: Empires and Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East(2015)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Spartacus: Crisis in the Roman Republic 80-71 B.C.(2008)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Peloponnesian War(2019)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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