Twilight Struggle / Similar games

18 games like 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. Labyrinth The War on Terror is the closest match.

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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