Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire (First/Second Edition)(1997)
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Looking for games like Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire (First/Second Edition)? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — 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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The Napoleonic Wars(2002)
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Mythic Battles(2012)
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Kutuzov: The War in Russia, 1812(2008)
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Hannibal Barkas(2007)
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Onward Christian Soldiers: The Crusades(2006)
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The Napoleonic Wars (Second Edition)(2008)
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