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18 games like Twilight Struggle

The best games like Twilight Struggle are Labyrinth The War on Terror, 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis and 1989 Dawn of Freedom — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Labyrinth The War on Terror shares modern warfare, political, wargame with Twilight Struggle.

Ranked alternatives to Twilight Struggle (modern warfare, political), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Twilight Struggle’s medium-heavy weight.

1. 1. Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
   1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Action/Event, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven
2. 2. 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Action/Event, Advantage Token, Area Majority / Influence
3. 3. 1989 Dawn of Freedom (2012)
   2 players · 150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
4. 4. Andean Abyss (2012)
   1–4 players · 360 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
5. 5. Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 (2015)
   2–3 players · 240–360 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
6. 6. Cuba Libre (2013)
   1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling
7. 7. Fire in the Lake (2014)
   1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling
8. 8. Hannibal Rome vs. Carthage (1996)
   2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
9. 9. Here I Stand Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 (2006)
   2–6 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
10. 10. Hannibal & Hamilcar (2018)
    2 players · 40–200 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
11. 11. Fort Sumter The Secession Crisis (2018)
    2 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Action/Event, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven
12. 12. Pericles The Peloponnesian Wars (2017)
    1–4 players · 45–360 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
13. 13. Crusader Kings (2019)
    1–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Hand Management
14. 14. War of the Ring (2004)
    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling
15. 15. 1960 The Making of the President (2007)
    2 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Political, Action/Event, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven
16. 16. Supremacy The Game of the Superpowers (1984)
    2–6 players · 340 min · ★ 5.6 · Medium
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Dice Rolling
17. 17. We the People (1993)
    2 players · 120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Wargame, Action/Event, Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven
18. 18. Days of Ire Budapest 1956 (2016)
    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Twilight Struggle: Modern Warfare, Political, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hand Management

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