The Ten Best War Games for Eurogamers

The world is full of board gamers. The hobby has simply exploded since the early 1990s. That’s great news for gamers, but not so much for war gamers. Many avid players of Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride would rather watch reality TV than pick up a copy of Twilight War (that is a war game, right?). So the war gamer’s challenge remains, “How do I convert all these Eurogamers to war gamers?”

No one has the complete answer, but it might lay in your ability to break them in slowly. Teach them a low complexity, war-like board game. And what games would those be? I thought you would never ask. Here’s a list compiled by board game blogger TONY MASTRANGELI. Some I like, some I like less. Read the list here, and let me know what you think.

Mark H. Walker  is the owner of Flying Pig Games and happy as hell about it. He is the designer of Night of Man, Lock 'n Load, World at War, Nations at War, and a bunch of other stuff. He served 23 years in the United States Navy, most of them as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal diver, and lives and games in Virginia.



  

Comments

Unknown said…
Good List. I would probably throw out Queen's Gambit since a newcomer to the hobby will be unlikely to find it or be unwilling to pay its now step price. I'd add in Worthington's excellent War & Peace. Similar to A&A but has some cool new features (that are very entry level) and great game play. Plus, who doesn't like pushing miniatures around?
Anonymous said…
From those 10, 4 are based on the same (Berg's) mechanics... as I really think this is a perfect tool for converting eurogamers to wargamers, I believe there is many more games out there good for the job. To mention only few: Imperial Stars II, Stronghold, Maneuvers, X-Wing.
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