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Total War: ROME – The Board Game(2024)

★ 6.3 BGG1–4 players180 minWeight 3.40
AlliancesCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Games like Total War: ROME – The Board Game

Looking for games like Total War: ROME – The Board Game? 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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Conquest & Consequence(2021)

★ 7.92–3 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
63/100

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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage(1996)

★ 7.82 players150 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
63/100

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Hannibal & Hamilcar(2018)

★ 8.32 players40 minWeight 3.9
ISO Match
63/100

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

★ 7.53–4 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
61/100

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Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul(2020)

★ 7.92 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
61/100

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Hellenes: Campaigns of the Peloponnesian War(2009)

★ 7.42 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
61/100

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Paths of Glory(1999)

★ 8.12 players480 minWeight 3.9
ISO Match
61/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy(2020)

★ 8.42–6 players60 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
60/100

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AlliancesArea Majority / InfluenceArea-Impulse

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

★ 7.03–4 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
60/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingPoint to Point Movement

Time of Crisis: The Roman Empire in Turmoil, 235-284 AD(2017)

★ 7.62–4 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
60/100

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

★ 7.11–5 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
60/100

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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
60/100

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