Best wargame board games

The top wargame games out of 906 in this category, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Twilight Struggle leads the list.

• Twilight Struggle (2005)
  2 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.3
• Star Wars Rebellion (2016)
  2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 8.4
• Root (2018)
  2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1
• Star Wars Imperial Assault (2014)
  1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
• A Game of Thrones The Board Game (Second Edition) (2011)
  3–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.6
• Twilight Imperium Third Edition (2005)
  3–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.8
• Memoir '44 (2004)
  2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6
• Rising Sun (2018)
  3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9
• Kemet (2012)
  2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Chaos in the Old World (2009)
  3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
  2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8
• War of the Ring (2004)
  2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8
• Forbidden Stars (2015)
  2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.0
• Commands and Colors Ancients (2006)
  2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
• Runewars (2010)
  2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.6
• Combat Commander Europe (2006)
  2 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9
• Paths of Glory (1999)
  2 players · 480 min · ★ 8.1
• Sekigahara The Unification of Japan (2011)
  2 players · 180 min · ★ 8.0
• Undaunted Normandy (2019)
  2 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.9
• BattleLore (2006)
  2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
• BattleLore Second Edition (2013)
  2 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.7
• War Chest (2018)
  2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 8.0
• Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
  2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4
• A Game of Thrones (2003)
  3–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
• Space Hulk (Third Edition) (2009)
  2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
• Star Wars Armada (2015)
  2 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8
• Risk Legacy (2011)
  3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
• Diplomacy (1959)
  2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.0
• Hannibal Rome vs. Carthage (1996)
  2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.8
• A Few Acres of Snow (2011)
  2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
• Nexus Ops (2005)
  2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2
• ASL Advanced Squad Leader Rules (1985)
  2 players · 120–480 min · ★ 8.0
• Here I Stand Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 (2006)
  2–6 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.9
• Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
  1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6
• Maria (2009)
  2–3 players · 210 min · ★ 8.0
• Commands & Colors Napoleonics (2010)
  2 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0
• 1775 Rebellion (2013)
  2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Cry Havoc (2016)
  2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
• Fire in the Lake (2014)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1
• Hammer of the Scots (2002)
  2 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5
• The Republic of Rome (1990)
  1–6 players · 300 min · ★ 7.5
• Space Empires 4X (2011)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
• Mare Nostrum Empires (2016)
  3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Pax Porfiriana (2012)
  1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
• Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 (2015)
  2–3 players · 240–360 min · ★ 8.2
• The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
  2 players · 90–240 min · ★ 7.9
• Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 (2004)
  2 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8
• D-Day at Omaha Beach (2009)
  1–2 players · 480 min · ★ 8.3
• Squad Leader (1977)
  2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
• Axis and Allies (1981)
  2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 6.6
• Cuba Libre (2013)
  1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
• Beyond Valor ASL Module 1 (1985)
  2 players · 120 min · ★ 8.5
• Up Front (1983)
  2–3 players · 60 min · ★ 7.9
• 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
  2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• Empire of the Sun The Pacific War 1941-1945 (2005)
  1–2 players · 360 min · ★ 8.2
• Britannia (1986)
  3–5 players · 180–300 min · ★ 7.2
• Churchill (2015)
  1–3 players · 60–300 min · ★ 7.7
• History of the World (1991)
  3–6 players · 135–270 min · ★ 7.1
• Shogun (1986)
  2–5 players · 240–360 min · ★ 7.0
• Hannibal & Hamilcar (2018)
  2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 8.3