SEED GAME#27036 BGG all-time

Trafalgar(1982)

★ 5.3 BGG2–3 players120 minWeight 1.90
Dice RollingHexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment

Games like Trafalgar

Looking for games like Trafalgar? 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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Victoria Cross II: Battle of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift(2011)

★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
80/100

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Smithereens: The End of World War II in Europe(1993)

★ 6.51–3 players360 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
78/100

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Napoleon on the Danube: The Battle of Deutsch-Wagram(1992)

★ 7.42 players240 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
77/100

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War of 1812(1973)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
75/100

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Napoleon's War: The 100 Days(2010)

★ 7.22 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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Leipzig 20(2011)

★ 7.62 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
74/100

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España 20: Volume 1(2014)

★ 7.51–2 players60 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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La Bataille de Paris: 1814, Le Crépuscule de l'Aigle(2013)

★ 7.42 players180 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
74/100

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Blücher(2015)

★ 8.12–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

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8th Army(1982)

★ 7.02 players180 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

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Napoleon at Eylau(1977)

★ 6.61–2 players120 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
73/100

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Nightfighter: Air Warfare in the Night Skies of World War Two(2011)

★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
73/100

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