Simulation board games

Find Simulation games for rules assistance and scenario narration where available. Compare players and playtime, ordered by overall BoardGameGeek rank.

4,364 games

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BGG rank: BGG #15,676
BGG rating: 6.9

Clash of Empires: The Battle for France 1914

2–3 players
120 min
Complexity 2.3/5
1986

BGG rank: BGG #15,681
BGG rating: 7.1

Prelude to Disaster: The Soviet Spring Offensive

2 players
180 min
Complexity 4.3/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #15,683
BGG rating: 7.2

Panzer Vor!

2 players
45 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #15,690
BGG rating: 6.5

Soldiers of the Queen: Battles at Isandhlwana and Omdurman

2 players
240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
1984

BGG rank: BGG #15,698
BGG rating: 6.4

The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge

2 players
60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
1979

BGG rank: BGG #15,701
BGG rating: 6.5

Federation Space

2–8 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.9/5
1981

BGG rank: BGG #15,704
BGG rating: 7.4

Iliad: The Siege of Troy

2 players
120–180 min
Complexity 2.8/5
1978

BGG rank: BGG #15,707
BGG rating: 6.9

Start Frei

2–4 players
30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #15,716
BGG rating: 6.1

Firefight: Modern U.S. and Soviet Small Unit Tactics

2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.8/5
1976

BGG rank: BGG #15,719
BGG rating: 8.4

The Grand Campaign

2 players
360 min
Complexity 3.8/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #15,731
BGG rating: 6.5

Harvest of Death: The Second Day at Gettysburg

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.1/5
1989

BGG rank: BGG #15,733
BGG rating: 7.3

Cedar Mountain 1862

2 players
90–120 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #15,742
BGG rating: 7.6

Darkest December: Battle of the Bulge 1944

2 players
180 min
Complexity 3.8/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #15,776
BGG rating: 7.1

1813: Napoleon's Nemesis

1–2 players
180–240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #15,790
BGG rating: 7.6

Volley & Bayonet

2–4 players
240 min
Complexity 2.4/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #15,829
BGG rating: 6.0

Hundred Days Battles

2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
1979

BGG rank: BGG #15,833
BGG rating: 8.4

Army of the Potomac: Campaigns of 1862 and 1864

1–2 players
360–480 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #15,843
BGG rating: 7.3

Close Assault: A Man-to-Man Game of Squad Tactics and Command – Europe 1939-1945

1–4 players
90 min
Complexity 2.9/5
1983

BGG rank: BGG #15,847
BGG rating: 7.2

The Grunwald Swords

2 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #15,857
BGG rating: 7.0

Days of Battle: Golan Heights

2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #15,865
BGG rating: 6.4

Nicaragua!: Revolution in Central America

2 players
180 min
Complexity 2.7/5
1988

BGG rank: BGG #15,879
BGG rating: 6.9

Race Pace

1–8 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #15,892
BGG rating: 5.9

Gammarauders

2–6 players
120 min
Complexity 2.2/5
1987

BGG rank: BGG #15,893
BGG rating: 6.8

Vive l'Empereur

2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2003

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