Remember the Maine! The Spanish-American War, 1898(1986)
Games like Remember the Maine! The Spanish-American War, 1898
Looking for games like Remember the Maine! The Spanish-American War, 1898? 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. 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.
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Great War at Sea: Cruiser Warfare(2004)
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Great War at Sea: 1904-1905, The Russo-Japanese War(1999)
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Great War at Sea: 1898, The Spanish American War(2000)
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Hungarian Nightmare(2011)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Iron Bottom Sound III(2015)
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Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal(2007)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Cedar Mountain: Prelude to Bull Run, August 9, 1862(1981)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
Great War at Sea: Russo-Japanese War(2013)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
Second World War at Sea: Midway(2002)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
All Are Brothers: Solferino, 1859(2025)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
Ironbottom Sound(1981)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
Fire in the Sky: The Great Pacific War 1941-1945(1999)
Shares Dice Rolling + 1 more
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