The Lamps are Going Out: World War I(2016)
Games like The Lamps are Going Out: World War I
Looking for games like The Lamps are Going Out: World War I? 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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Pax Baltica: Great Northern War 1700-1721(2009)
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Age of Napoleon(2003)
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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: War in Asia and the Pacific(2017)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
FAB: Sicily(2011)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Race to Berlin (Second Edition)(2025)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Race to Berlin(2015)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Bloody Dawns: The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988(2017)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Amateurs to Arms!(2012)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Albuera 1811(2018)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Dawn's Early Light: The War of 1812(2020)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975(2010)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
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