SEED GAME#6625 BGG all-time

Sherman Leader(2017)

★ 7.5 BGG1 playersWeight 2.73
Chit-Pull SystemHexagon GridOpen Drafting

Games like Sherman Leader

Looking for games like Sherman Leader? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it. 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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B-17 Flying Fortress Leader(2017)

★ 8.11 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
78/100

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Chit-Pull SystemHexagon GridOpen Drafting

Iwo Jima: Hell On Earth(2025)

★ 8.31 players90 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
75/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 3 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

Vive L'Empereur!(2023)

★ 7.81–2 players180 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
75/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 3 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

Iskra: Spark of Victory, 4th Sinjavino Offensive(2023)

★ 8.31–3 players480 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

A Victory Awaits: Operation Barbarossa 1941(2022)

★ 8.01–8 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

The Dark Sands: War in North Africa, 1940-42(2018)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingGrid Movement

Tiger Leader(2015)

★ 7.01 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more

Dice RollingHexagon GridOpen Drafting

Iwo: Bloodbath in the Bonins 19 Feb – 17 Mar 1945(2013)

★ 7.01–2 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more

Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Salerno: The 1943 Allied Invasion of Italy(2015)

★ 6.81–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

Gazala 1942(2005)

★ 6.31–2 players240 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
70/100

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Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

World At War 85: Storming the Gap(2019)

★ 8.61–2 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Chit-Pull System + 2 more

Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingGrid Movement

Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars(2025)

★ 8.61–2 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more

Die Icon ResolutionHexagon GridScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

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