Best modern warfare board games

The top modern warfare games out of 88 in this category, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Twilight Struggle leads the list.

• Twilight Struggle (2005)
  2 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.3
• This War of Mine The Board Game (2017)
  1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8
• Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
  1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6
• Fire in the Lake (2014)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1
• Cuba Libre (2013)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
• 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
  2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• 1989 Dawn of Freedom (2012)
  2 players · 150 min · ★ 7.8
• A Distant Plain (2013)
  1–4 players · 180–300 min · ★ 7.9
• Thunderbolt Apache Leader (2012)
  1 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0
• Andean Abyss (2012)
  1–4 players · 360 min · ★ 7.6
• GKR Heavy Hitters (2018)
  1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Cold War CIA vs KGB (2007)
  2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.6
• Warfighter The Tactical Special Forces Card Game (2014)
  1–6 players · 30–180 min · ★ 7.7
• Hornet Leader Carrier Air Operations (2010)
  1 players · 60 min · ★ 7.9
• Colonial Twilight The French-Algerian War (2017)
  1–2 players · 90–300 min · ★ 7.8
• Days of Ire Budapest 1956 (2016)
  1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4
• Gandhi The Decolonization of British India (2019)
  1–4 players · 90–240 min · ★ 8.2
• Angola (1988)
  2–4 players · 480 min · ★ 8.1
• Nuclear War (1965)
  2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2
• Vietnam 1965-1975 (1984)
  2 players · 360–6000 min · ★ 7.4
• World at War Eisenbach Gap Deluxe Edition (2007)
  2 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
• The Third World War Battle for Germany (1984)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.8
• Downtown Air War Over Hanoi (2004)
  2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9
• The Manhattan Project 2 Minutes to Midnight (2018)
  2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.4
• Where There Is Discord War in the South Atlantic (2009)
  1 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9
• World At War 85 Storming the Gap (2019)
  1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8
• Spheres of Influence Struggle for Global Supremacy (2016)
  2–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.9
• The Korean War June 1950-May 1951 (1986)
  1–2 players · 180–960 min · ★ 7.6
• Dien Bien Phu The Final Gamble (2014)
  2 players · 360–1440 min · ★ 8.6
• Korea The Forgotten War (2003)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 8.1
• 2nd Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic (1986)
  1–2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.3
• Jagged Alliance The Board Game (2019)
  1–4 players · 45–360 min · ★ 8.4
• Phantom Leader (2010)
  1 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5
• Next War Korea (2012)
  2 players · 120–480 min · ★ 8.2
• World at War Blood and Bridges (2008)
  2 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6
• Nuclear Escalation (1983)
  2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
• Hearts and Minds Vietnam 1965-1975 (2010)
  2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.5
• Lock 'n Load Tactical Day of Heroes (2008)
  2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Next War India-Pakistan (2015)
  2 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.3
• Nuclear Proliferation (1992)
  2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5
• Sixth Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Mediterranean (1985)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.0
• 7th Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Far East (1987)
  2 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
• SEAL Team Flix (2018)
  1–4 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.3
• Quartermaster General The Cold War (2018)
  3–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.3
• NATO The Next War in Europe (1983)
  2 players · 240 min · ★ 6.7
• Hornet Leader (1991)
  1–2 players · 15–300 min · ★ 7.4
• The Arab-Israeli Wars Tank Battles in the Mideast (1977)
  2 players · 240 min · ★ 6.4
• 5th Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Indian Ocean (1989)
  2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
• 3rd Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the North Pacific (1990)
  2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.3
• Yom Kippur The Battle for the Sinai (1995)
  2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.0
• Arctic Front Battle for Norway (1985)
  2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.3
• Southern Front Race for the Turkish Straits (1984)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.4
• Attack Sub (1991)
  2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
• Supremacy The Game of the Superpowers (1984)
  2–6 players · 340 min · ★ 5.6
• Air Superiority (1987)
  1–6 players · 60–240 min · ★ 6.8
• The Next War Modern Conflict in Europe (1978)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.5
• Persian Gulf Battle for the Middle East (1986)
  2 players · 300 min · ★ 7.4
• Thunderbolt\/Apache Leader (1991)
  1 players · 15–300 min · ★ 7.2
• Gulf Strike (1983)
  2 players · 360 min · ★ 6.6
• Flight Leader A Game of Air-to-Air Jet Combat Tactics (1986)
  2–8 players · 30–180 min · ★ 6.2