Raid on St. Nazaire(1987)
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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Redvers' Reverse: The Battle of Colenso, 1899(2016)
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Pegasus Bridge: The Beginning of D-Day – June 6, 1944(1988)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Patton's Best(1987)
Shares Area Movement + 6 more
Cruise of the Graf Spee(2019)
Shares Area Movement + 5 more
Battle Hymn(1986)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Ambush!(1983)
Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more
Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons(2021)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Absolute War! The Russian Front 1941-45(2021)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
Hitler's Reich: WW2 in Europe(2018)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony, 1618-1648(2001)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC(1991)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Silent War 2.0(2023)
Shares Dice Rolling + 4 more
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Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons
Absolute War! The Russian Front 1941-45
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