Secession 1861(2025)
Games like Secession 1861
Looking for games like Secession 1861? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the squeeze of wringing the most out of a limited hand 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
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1759 Siege of Quebec(2018)
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Pacific Tide: The United States Versus Japan, 1941-45(2019)
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Saigon 75(2023)
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Irish Freedom(2013)
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B-17: Queen of the Skies(1981)
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Hapsburg Eclipse: The Great War in Eastern Europe 1914-1918(2014)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 4 more
Stilicho: Last of the Romans(2020)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 4 more
Give Us Victories(2022)
Shares Chit-Pull System + 4 more
Maori: Warriors of the Long White Cloud – Clan Warfare in New Zealand(2022)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
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