The First World War(2004)
Games like The First World War
Looking for games like The First World War? 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
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Quebec 1759(1972)
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The Great Game: Rival Empires in Central Asia 1837-1886(2018)
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The American Revolution: Decision in North America(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
1914: Germany at War(2015)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Brave Little Belgium(2019)
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An Attrition of Souls(2020)
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Napoleon Returns 1815(2020)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Imperial Tide: The Great War 1914-1918(2022)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
1918: Brother Against Brother(2018)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Black Death v1.01(2008)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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