Board games by Dean Essig

Find board games and expansions by Dean Essig for rules assistance and scenario narration where available. Compare players and playtime by overall BoardGameGeek rank.

73 games

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BGG rank: BGG #9,895
BGG rating: 7.1

April's Harvest: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862

1–2 players
240–1200 min
Complexity 3.3/5
1995

BGG rank: BGG #10,563
BGG rating: 7.8

Canadian Crucible: Brigade Fortress at Norrey

2 players
240–720 min
Complexity 3.9/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #10,800
BGG rating: 7.1

Guderian's Blitzkrieg: The Drive on Moscow

2 players
360 min
Complexity 3.9/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #10,924
BGG rating: 6.4

Circus Minimus

2–7 players
60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2000

BGG rank: BGG #10,945
BGG rating: 7.2

Champion Hill: May 16th, 1863 – The Road to Vicksburg

1–2 players
360–1200 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #11,228
BGG rating: 7.0

Leros

2 players
240 min
Complexity 3.8/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #11,240
BGG rating: 6.9

Marengo

1–2 players
180 min
Complexity 3.5/5
1995

BGG rank: BGG #11,430
BGG rating: 8.2

To Take Washington: Jubal Early's Summer 1864 Campaign

1–6 players
120–3600 min
Complexity 4.4/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #11,661
BGG rating: 7.4

Barren Victory

1–4 players
240–1800 min
Complexity 3.3/5
1991

BGG rank: BGG #11,731
BGG rating: 6.9

Operation Michael

2 players
180 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2002

BGG rank: BGG #11,803
BGG rating: 7.2

Perryville

2 players
240–960 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #11,807
BGG rating: 7.3

Gaines Mill: The Battles of the Seven Days, June 1862, Volume 1

1–2 players
120–2400 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #12,142
BGG rating: 7.1

GD '41

1–2 players
60–2400 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #12,227
BGG rating: 8.3

Danger Forward: The Battle of Gela, July 1943

1–2 players
Complexity 4.0/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,296
BGG rating: 7.5

Bloody Roads South: The Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7, 1864 – The South's Last Chance

1–2 players
240–1800 min
Complexity 3.3/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #12,329
BGG rating: 6.7

Hunters from the Sky

2 players
240 min
Complexity 3.3/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #12,330
BGG rating: 6.6

Rock of the Marne

1–2 players
180 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2008

BGG rank: BGG #12,342
BGG rating: 7.2

Omaha: The Bloody Beach

1–2 players
480–3600 min
Complexity 4.2/5
1991

BGG rank: BGG #12,383
BGG rating: 6.6

Crusader: The 8th Army's Winter Victory, Nov-Dec 1941

2–4 players
180 min
Complexity 2.5/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #12,592
BGG rating: 7.6

North Africa: Afrika Korps vs Desert Rats, 1940-42

1–2 players
120–600 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,712
BGG rating: 7.5

Seven Pines

1–2 players
240 min
Complexity 3.3/5
1998

BGG rank: BGG #12,739
BGG rating: 6.7

Matanikau: Battles on the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 1942

2 players
360 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1993

BGG rank: BGG #12,847
BGG rating: 6.6

Austerlitz

1–4 players
1080 min
Complexity 3.2/5
1993

BGG rank: BGG #13,177
BGG rating: 6.8

Aspern-Essling: Napoleon on the Danube, 1809

1–2 players
60–900 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1999

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