Wilderness Empires(2015)
Games like Wilderness Empires
Looking for games like Wilderness Empires? 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
Risk: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition(2003)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Great Game: Rival Empires in Central Asia 1837-1886(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Cousins' War(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
The Cousins' War (Second Edition)(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
A Pragmatic War: The War of the Austrian Succession 1741 – 1748(2019)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
Quartermaster General(2014)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
The American Revolution: Decision in North America(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
300: Earth & Water(2018)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
Freeman's Farm 1777(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Empires in America: The French and Indian War(2009)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
Malta Besieged: 1940-1942(2011)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius(2018)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
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Risk: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition
The Great Game: Rival Empires in Central Asia 1837-1886
The Cousins' War
The Cousins' War (Second Edition)
A Pragmatic War: The War of the Austrian Succession 1741 – 1748
Quartermaster General
The American Revolution: Decision in North America
300: Earth & Water
Freeman's Farm 1777
Empires in America: The French and Indian War
Malta Besieged: 1940-1942
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius
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