Red Badge of Courage(2001)
Games like Red Badge of Courage
Looking for games like Red Badge of Courage? 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah(2019)
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The Guns of Cedar Creek(1989)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 8 more
First Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas(1989)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
Gringo!: The Mexican War 1846-48(2004)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 7 more
The Battle of the Little Bighorn(2005)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
The U.S. Civil War(2015)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Ligny 1815: Last Eagles(2017)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
Quatre Bras 1815: Last Eagles(2019)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
The Civil War 1861-1865(1983)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg(2018)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 5 more
Grant Takes Command(2001)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Atlanta Is Ours(2018)
Shares Dice Rolling + 6 more
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Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah
The Guns of Cedar Creek
First Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas
Gringo!: The Mexican War 1846-48
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
The U.S. Civil War
Ligny 1815: Last Eagles
Quatre Bras 1815: Last Eagles
The Civil War 1861-1865
Longstreet Attacks: The Second Day at Gettysburg
Grant Takes Command
Atlanta Is Ours
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