The rules are also not too complicated, making this an excellent purchase for two-player wargame fans.Īdd in having to use officers to build up your deck, sacrificing cards to secure initiative, and dealing with a variety of mission objectives means there’s a lot to consider in this seemingly simple package. Managing your hand, and more often than not, bluffing with it, makes Sekigahara stand out. War and peace: These are the best board games across all genresīoth players maneuver forces across central Japan, vying for important territories and positioning armies to draw their opponents into a decisive engagement. A block wargame complicated by the draw of action cards that limit which units can fight where, the potential for traitors, and relatively bloody combat, Sekigahara quickly reveals itself as a life or death poker game. Taking place in the seven-week campaign surrounding the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu secured the shogunate from Ishida Mitsunari. Matthew Calkins’ Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan, is an almost perfect example of bluff and daring wrapped up in a relatively simple wargame.
Root: A game of Woodland Might and Rightīuy now Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan.Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of World War Two.Also, we really don’t think ASL needs the kudos any more… The Best War Board Games There are always a number of beloved and noteworthy games that can’t make the cut, but, dear readers, such is the march of history.ĭo bear in mind that any striking omissions are less the result of any ill feeling, and more because of the overwhelming abundance of excellent wargames. No mentions of Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) or other excellent traditional wargames that have stood the test of time, I’m afraid. To that end, we’re restricting the list to 2010-2020 releases, and focusing this small list on innovative and experimental wargames that succeed in breathing fresh air into the genre. These games represent what the author believes to be exceptional additions to the space of tabletop wargaming, either because they do something brilliantly well, or introduce new or interesting concepts to wargaming in general. Partly for the benefit of a public inundated with choice in a golden age of gaming, and partly to appease the eldritch god of enumeration that dwells in the caverns beneath head office, we present this list of some of the best war board games of the past decade. Every so often it falls upon the shoulders of Wargamer to make a list.
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