The Best War Board Games. TOP War Games List

By popular request, we have decided to bring you a compilation of The Best War Game Theme Board Games.

This category covers War themed games, whose mechanics consists of tracing strategies and carrying out actions within an armed confrontation.
Many of them are historical and based on real war conflicts while others are totally fictitious.

Here we bring you our selection of The Best War Board Games.

Remember that the order does not imply the position in the ranking. These games are randomly ordered.

Top War-Themed Board Games

Combat Commander: Europe

In the middle of World War II, you can play either the role of Germany or the Allies.
On a board that is switching between different scenarios, you will move troops, plan ambushes, and other skirmishes with your infantrymen.

Players: 2

Duration: 120 min

Twilight Imperium

We return to the cosmos. In this game, you will be the representative of a galactic race, with special powers, and you will participate in the fight for the conquest of Mecatol Rex.
The keys to success are good negotiations, advantageous alliances, guarding against betrayal, and employing carefully planned tactics.

Players: 3-6

Duration: 240-480 min

Risk

Set in the Napoleonic Wars, Risk is a game where strategy is so important, you’ll have to think about it before you start playing. The first location you give to your armies in the territories of the board will depend on many future things during the game.
After the territories have been distributed, the attacks and battles will begin (with the dice) to take control of the territories and expand your power.

Players: 2-6

Duration: 1-8 hours (depending on the number of players)

878 Vikings

This game is based on the Vikings’ attack on England.
You can choose the side of the fierce Nordic or the side of the English. It’s a game of area control. The map contains English countries and cities that are invaded by the Vikings.

With cards and dice, troops are moved, battles are fought, ambushes are planned…

At a certain point in the game, the Wedmore Treaty can be activated, and the game ends, with the side that has the most control over the board as the winner.

Players: 2

Duration: 2 hours

13 Days – The Cuban Missile Crisis

You are about to participate in a moment of great tension: When the world was on the verge of nuclear war, at a time when the Cold War seemed to be turning hot, due to the discovery of a Soviet rocket base installed in Cuba, a stone’s throw away from the northern giant.

You can play the role of the United States or the former USSR.

You will handle personal mission cards, agenda letters, strategy cards, influence buckets…materials all of which, along with the decisions you are capable of making, will define if the nuclear holocaust is avoided, and which will be the dominant power at the end of the conflict.

Players: 2

Duration: 60 min

Pandemic: Fall of Rome

The objective here will be to prevent the fall of the Roman Empire.
We must create strategies to avoid famine, repel attacks from the barbarians.
To do this, we need to increase the army, defend cities, close vital alliances.

Players: 1-5

Duration: 45 min

WW2: Barbarossa to Berlin

Set during the Second World War, at the time when Germany decided to invade the Soviet Union. The players will embody these two powers.

It’s a game where decisions take precedence over chance. The ability to strategize and manage warfare and livelihood resources is critical. You know, if you’re smart and careful, you can put another spin on history!

Players: 2

Duration: 180 min

A Game of Thrones LCG

You are going to control one of the houses in Westeros, the one you prefer, and you are going to fight to conquer the Iron Throne.
This fight includes epic battles between gigantic armies, the use of magic, and sieges… But it also includes dealing with dark intrigues, setting traps (or falling into them)

The cards here are crucial. You’ll have a draw deck, which will dictate your strengths each round, and plot cards, which will help you think through your strategies.

So, if you wanted a different occupant for the Iron Throne, here’s your chance… it could even be you!

Players: 2-8

Duration: 120 min

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So far this is our compilation of The Best War Board Games.

Whether you’re passionate about wars, World War II, or the American Civil War, or would love to fight an interstellar battle in your spaceship, this list is for you.

And you know, make love and not war 😀

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