SEED GAME#16395 BGG all-time

The Battle for Ramadi(2018)

★ 7.0 BGG1 players60 minWeight 2.33
Dice RollingHexagon GridSolo / Solitaire Game

Games like The Battle for Ramadi

Looking for games like The Battle for Ramadi? 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.

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

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Panzers East Solitaire: Army Group Center, June-August 1941(2015)

★ 6.81 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
80/100

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World At War 85: Blood and Fury(2025)

★ 7.11–2 players60 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
76/100

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Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingHexagon Grid

Heights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights(2013)

★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Iron Curtain: Central Europe, 1945-1989(2020)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
74/100

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Dice RollingHexagon Grid

Green Berets: Vietnam(2015)

★ 7.01 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
73/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Target: Iran(2014)

★ 6.91 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
73/100

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Hexagon GridSolo / Solitaire Game

The Last King of Scotland: The Uganda-Tanzania War 1978-1979(2011)

★ 6.71–2 players90 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
73/100

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Dice RollingHexagon Grid

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

★ 7.01–2 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
72/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Trench Club(2021)

★ 7.91–4 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
72/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Aces & Armor(2025)

★ 8.01–4 players120 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
72/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Desert Storm: The Mother of All Battles(1991)

★ 5.91–2 players180 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
72/100

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Dice RollingHexagon Grid

DMZ: The Next Korean War(2010)

★ 5.81–2 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
71/100

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Dice RollingHexagon Grid

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