SEED GAME#18884 BGG all-time

Shooting Stars: A Tactical Game of Fighter Combat in Space(1980)

★ 6.5 BGG1–4 players120 minWeight 2.25
Action PointsHexagon GridSimultaneous Action Selection

Games like Shooting Stars: A Tactical Game of Fighter Combat in Space

Looking for games like Shooting Stars: A Tactical Game of Fighter Combat in Space? 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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1944: D-Day to the Rhine(2022)

★ 7.72 players60 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Meltwater(2018)

★ 7.12 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceHexagon Grid

Gettysburg 150(2013)

★ 7.21–2 players120 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Onslaught(1987)

★ 6.62 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
69/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Holdfast: North Africa 1941-42(2016)

★ 6.51–2 players120 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Le Temps des As(2014)

★ 7.61–4 players30 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Scotland Rising: Bannockburn 1314(2014)

★ 6.41–2 players90 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Second World War at Sea: Strike South(2005)

★ 7.32 players120 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Hexagon GridPaper-and-PencilSimultaneous Action Selection

Canvas Eagles: War in the Skies 1914 - 1918(1999)

★ 7.82–20 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
68/100

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Hexagon GridSimulationSimultaneous Action Selection

Blue Max: World War I Air Combat(2013)

★ 6.62–6 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
68/100

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Grid MovementHexagon GridSimultaneous Action Selection

Breakout & Pursuit: The Battle for France, 1944(1972)

★ 6.12 players180 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
68/100

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Hexagon GridSimultaneous Action Selection

Siege at Peking(1982)

★ 6.02 players120 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Hexagon GridSimultaneous Action Selection

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