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18 games like Axis & Allies

The best games like Axis & Allies are Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945, War Room and Mare Nostrum Empires — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 shares economic, wargame, world war ii with Axis & Allies.

Every alternative below links to its own Axis & Allies-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s economic / wargame shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Axis & Allies’s 3.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 (2015)
   2–3 players · 240–360 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–3 players · ~60 min longer · same complexity
   View Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 on Amazon →
2. 2. War Room (2019)
   2–6 players · 120–360 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
   View War Room on Amazon →
3. 3. Mare Nostrum Empires (2016)
   3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~135 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
   View Mare Nostrum Empires on Amazon →
4. 4. Cuba Libre (2013)
   1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~60 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
5. 5. Star Wars Rebellion (2016)
   2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
6. 6. Polis Fight for the Hegemony (2012)
   2 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · ~135 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
7. 7. Tide of Iron (2007)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Dice Rolling, Team-Based Game · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
8. 8. Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
   2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~110 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
9. 9. Root (2018)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~165 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
10. 10. Attack! (2003)
    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 5.8 · Medium
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~60 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
11. 11. Europe Engulfed WWII European Theatre Block Game (2003)
    2–3 players · 720 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–3 players · ~480 min longer · +0.6 heavier
12. 12. Breakout Normandy (1992)
    2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
13. 13. Forbidden Stars (2015)
    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
14. 14. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~165 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
15. 15. War of the Ring (2004)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
16. 16. Storm over Arnhem (1981)
    2 players · 300 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · ~60 min longer · 0.3 lighter
17. 17. Chaos in the Old World (2009)
    3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~150 min shorter · same complexity
18. 18. Cataclysm A Second World War (2018)
    2–5 players · 90–600 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~105 min longer · +0.7 heavier

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