SEED GAME#3542 BGG all-time

Raid on St. Nazaire(1987)

★ 7.3 BGG1 playersWeight 3.02
Area MovementDice RollingEvents

Games like Raid on St. Nazaire

Looking for games like Raid on St. Nazaire? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — 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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Redvers' Reverse: The Battle of Colenso, 1899(2016)

★ 7.31 players60 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Area Movement + 6 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Pegasus Bridge: The Beginning of D-Day – June 6, 1944(1988)

★ 6.01–2 players120 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more

Dice RollingEventsInterrupts

Patton's Best(1987)

★ 6.81 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Area Movement + 6 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Cruise of the Graf Spee(2019)

★ 7.61 players60 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Area Movement + 5 more

Area MovementDice RollingMovement Points

Battle Hymn(1986)

★ 7.61 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more

Dice RollingEventsGrid Movement

Ambush!(1983)

★ 7.51 players180 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more

Action PointsDice RollingEvents

Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons(2021)

★ 7.01 players15 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more

Dice RollingMovement PointsPaper-and-Pencil

Absolute War! The Russian Front 1941-45(2021)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCard Play Conflict ResolutionEvents

Hitler's Reich: WW2 in Europe(2018)

★ 6.71–2 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony, 1618-1648(2001)

★ 6.91–2 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more

Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingEvents

The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC(1991)

★ 6.81–7 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more

Dice RollingMovement PointsPoint to Point Movement

Silent War 2.0(2023)

★ 8.51 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 4 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

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