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Vietnam Solitaire(2006)

★ 6.8 BGG1 players60 minWeight 1.91
Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

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Looking for games like Vietnam Solitaire? 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.

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

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Vietnam Solitaire: Special Edition(2013)

★ 7.21–2 players60 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
79/100

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Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

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★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
75/100

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Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

Save: South Vietnam!(2022)

★ 8.11 players250 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
72/100

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Gorbachev: The Fall of Communism(2018)

★ 7.71 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
72/100

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Irish Freedom(2022)

★ 7.81 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
72/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

The MOG: Mogadishu 1993(2023)

★ 8.01 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

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In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943 - 1944(2025)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsArea MovementCampaign / Battle Card Driven

Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII(2019)

★ 7.71 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
66/100

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Action PointsDice RollingEvents

Irish Freedom(2013)

★ 7.41 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
66/100

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Mrs Thatcher's War: The Falklands, 1982(2017)

★ 7.81 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
65/100

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Ottoman Sunset: The Great War in the Near East(2010)

★ 7.31 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Action Points + 3 more

Action PointsCampaign / Battle Card DrivenDice Rolling

Admirals' War: World War II at Sea(2019)

★ 8.21–4 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
65/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

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