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Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire(2008)

★ 7.5 BGG3–4 playersWeight 3.30
Area Majority / InfluenceCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Games like Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire

Looking for games like Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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Pax Romana(2006)

★ 7.41–4 playersWeight 3.6
ISO Match
72/100

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Genesis: Empires and Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East(2015)

★ 7.11–5 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more

Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

Sword of Rome: Conquest of Italy, 362-272 BC(2004)

★ 7.32–5 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
71/100

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The Napoleonic Wars (Second Edition)(2008)

★ 7.51–5 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
71/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingEvents

Successors (Fourth Edition)(2021)

★ 8.02–5 playersWeight 4.1
ISO Match
71/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Illusions of Glory: The Great War on the Eastern Front(2017)

★ 7.42–4 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
70/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

Brotherhood & Unity(2020)

★ 8.02–3 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
70/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingMovement Points

Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire (First/Second Edition)(1997)

★ 7.03–4 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
69/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC(1991)

★ 6.81–7 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
68/100

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Dice RollingMovement PointsPoint to Point Movement

Assyrian Wars(2005)

★ 6.52–5 players240 minWeight 3.8
ISO Match
68/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingHand Management

Bayonets & Tomahawks(2021)

★ 8.01–4 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
67/100

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Action / EventAction PointsCampaign / Battle Card Driven

Great War Commander(2018)

★ 8.32–3 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
66/100

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