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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. 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 · 5 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–3 players · ~60 min longer · same complexity

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   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 · 5 shared tags · 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

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   3. Mare Nostrum Empires (2016)

   3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium · See Mare Nostrum Empires alternatives →

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~135 min shorter · 0.2 lighter

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   4. Cuba Libre (2013)

   1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~60 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
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   5. Star Wars Rebellion (2016)

   2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy · See Star Wars Rebellion alternatives →

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
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   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 · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · ~135 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
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   7. Tide of Iron (2007)

   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium · See Tide of Iron alternatives →

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Dice Rolling, Team-Based Game · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
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   8. Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)

   2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy · See Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy alternatives →

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 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
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   9. Root (2018)

   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy · See Root alternatives →

   Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~165 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
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    10. Attack! (2003)

    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 5.8 · Medium

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Economic, Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 5 shared tags · 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
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    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 · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–3 players · ~480 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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    12. Breakout Normandy (1992)

    2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
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    13. Forbidden Stars (2015)

    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy · See Forbidden Stars alternatives →

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
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    14. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)

    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~165 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
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    15. War of the Ring (2004)

    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy · See War of the Ring alternatives →

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
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    16. Storm over Arnhem (1981)

    2 players · 300 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, World War II, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 4 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: both play at 2 · ~60 min longer · 0.3 lighter
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    17. Chaos in the Old World (2009)

    3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See Chaos in the Old World alternatives →

    Shares with Axis & Allies: Wargame, Area Movement, Dice Rolling · 3 shared tags · 2 of Axis & Allies’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Axis & Allies: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~150 min shorter · same complexity
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    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 · 4 shared tags · 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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