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This is a list of board wargames by historical genre (and some subgenres) showing their publication history. All games can be presumed to have been published in English unless another language is noted.
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art of Siege | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
| Combined Arms | 1974 | S&T #46, 1974 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belisarius: The Byzantine Empire Strikes | Decision Games | 2002 | S&T #210, 2002 |
| Byzantium | Warfrog | 2005 | |
| Dark Ages: Tactical Warfare, 500-1300 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | |
| Norseman: Viking Kingdoms of the North Sea | Simulations Canada | 1985 | |
| Viking | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
| Viking Raiders | Standard Games | 1987 | Also released by Eurogames in French |
| Vikingatid | Trollspel | 1998 | In Swedish |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agincourt | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
| The Black Prince: The Battle of Navarette, 1367 | 1979 | ||
| Conquistador | 1976 | S&T #58, 1976, Avalon Hill, 1983) | |
| Cry Havoc | Standard Games | 1981 | |
| The Crusades | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | S&T #70, 1978 |
| Empires of the Middle Ages | 1980 | Re-released by Decision Games c. 2004 | |
| Granada: The Fall of Moslem Spain | Avalanche Press | 2003 | |
| The Golden Horde | Excalibre Games | 1978 | |
| Hammer of the Scots | Columbia Games | 2003 | |
| The Legend of Robin Hood | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1980 |
| Scotland the Brave | Avalanche Press | 1998 | |
| Renaissance of Infantry | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1970 | S&T #22, 1970 |
| Yeoman | 1975 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil's Den | Operational Studies Group | 1980 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1985 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody April: The Battle of Shiloh, 1862 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
| Terrible Swift Sword | 1976 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1986 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | Guidon Games | 1973 | |
| Drive on Washington | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | |
| Lee vs. Grant | Victory Games | 1988 | Wilderness Campaign, an ancestor of the Avalon Hill "Stonewall Jackson's Way" series |
| Mosby's Raiders | 1985 | ||
| Objective: Atlanta | Battleline Publications | 1977 | |
| Shenandoah | 1975 | ||
| Stonewall Jackson's Way | Avalon Hill | 1992 | Cedar Mountain to Second Bull Run |
| Here Come the Rebels | 1993 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; Antietam Campaign | |
| Roads to Gettysburg | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; Gettysburg Campaign | ||
| Stonewall in the Valley | 1995 | Shenandoah Campaign | |
| Stonewall's Last Battle | 1996 | Chancellorsville Campaign | |
| On To Richmond | 1997 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; McClellan's Peninsula Campaign | |
| Grant Takes Command | 2001 | Wilderness Campaign | |
| Battle Above the Clouds | Multi-Man Publishing | 2011 | Chickamauga/Chattanooga |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Lee | Columbia Games | 1993 | |
| Sam Grant | 1997 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Civil War 1861–1865 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | S&T #43, 1974 |
| The American Civil War 1861–1865 | TSR, Inc. | 1983 | S&T #93, 1983 |
| Battle Cry | Milton Bradley | 1961 | |
| Civil War | Avalon Hill | ||
| The Civil War 1861–1865 | Victory Games | 1983 | |
| A House Divided | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | Re-released by Phalanx Games in 2001 |
| For the People | Avalon Hill | 1998 | Re-released in GMT Games in 2000 |
| The U.S. Civil War | GMT Games | 2015 | |
| War Between the States | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomacy | Self-published | 1959 | Re-released by Games Research in 1961 and by Avalon Hill in 1976 |
| 1898: The Spanish–American War | Avalanche Press | 2000 | |
| 1904–1905: The Russo-Japanese War | 1999 | ||
| Chaco | Game Designers' Workshop | 1973 | |
| Custer's Last Stand | Battleline Publications | 1976 | |
| Pax Britannica | Victory Games | 1985 | |
| Red Sun Rising | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
| Rifle & Saber | 1973 | ||
| Viva España | Battleline Publications | 1977 |
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| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroFront | Columbia Games | 1995 | |
| Triumph and Tragedy | GMT Games | 2015 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| EastFront | Columbia Games | 1991 | |
| Evropa | Game Designers' Workshop | 1973 | Re-released as Fire in the East by Game Designers' Workshop in 1984 |
| Turning Point: Stalingrad | Avalon Hill | 1989 | |
| Von Manstein: Battles for the Ukraine 1941–1944 | Rand Games | 1975 | |
| War in the East | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | |
| Winter War | Ad Technos | 1986 | In Japanese |
| Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict November 1939-March 1940 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T #33, 1972 |
| A Winter War | Game Research/Design | 1994 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Assault on Crete | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
| Bloody Kasserine | Game Designers' Workshop | 1992 | |
| Bomb Alley | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
| The Campaign for North Africa | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
| Crete | 1969 | S&T #18, 1969 | |
| Descent on Crete | 1978 | ||
| The Desert Fox | 1981 | S&T #87, 1981 | |
| El Alamein: Battles in North Africa | 1973 | ||
| Fall of Tobruk | Conflict Games | 1975 | Re-released by Cool Stuff Unlimited in 2004 |
| Gazala: 1942 | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
| Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta, 1942 | 2006 | ||
| Kasserine | GMT Games | 2001 | |
| Kasserine Pass | Conflict Games | 1973 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop |
| Operation Crusader | Game Designers' Workshop | 1978 | |
| Panzer Armee Afrika | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1982 |
| Race for Tunis | Game Designers' Workshop | 1992 | |
| Rommel in the Desert | Columbia Games | 1982 | |
| Torch | Game Designers' Workshop | 1985 | |
| Western Desert | 1982 | Re-released as War in the Desert by Game Research/Design in 1995) |
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| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trial of Strength | Panther Games | 1985 | |
| Advanced Third Reich | Avalon Hill | 1992 | |
| Axis & Allies: Europe | 2000 | ||
| D-Day | 1961 | ||
| Defiant Russia: 1941 | Avalanche Press | 2004 | |
| Europe Engulfed | GMT Games | 2002 | Winner of the Charles S. Roberts Award [1] |
| Fortress Europa | Avalon Hill | 1980 | |
| Hitler's War | Metagaming Concepts | 1981 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1984 |
| Luftwaffe | Avalon Hill | 1971 | |
| Red Vengeance | Avalanche Press | 2005 | |
| Rise and Decline of the Third Reich | Avalon Hill | 1974 | Re-released by Avalanche Press in 2001 |
| Russia Besieged | L2 Design Group | 2004 | |
| The Russian Campaign | Jedko Games | 1975 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 and by L2 Design Group in 2003 |
| Russian Front | Avalon Hill | 1985 | |
| Stalingrad | 1963 | ||
| War at Sea | Jedko Games | 1975 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 and by L2 Design Group in 2007 |
| War in Europe | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | Re-released by Decision Games in 1999 |
| World War II: European Theater of Operations | 1973 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrika Korps | Avalon Hill | 1964 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axis & Allies: Pacific | Avalon Hill | 2001 | |
| Empire of the Rising Sun | 1995 | ||
| The Great Pacific War | Avalanche Press | 2003 | |
| Pacific War | Victory Games | 1985 | |
| U.S.N. | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #29, 1971 |
| Victory in the Pacific | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
| War in the Pacific | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axis & Allies | Nova Games | 1981 | Re-released by Milton Bradley in 1984 and by Avalon Hill in 2004 |
| Global War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
| World in Flames | Australian Design Group | 1985 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korea: The Mobile War 1950–51 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1970 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu | Game Designers' Workshop | 1977 | |
| Dien Bien Phu | SDC | 1973 | Conflict #6, 1973; re-released by Flying Buffalo c. 1977 |
| Diên Biên Phu | Jeux Descartes | 1980 | In French |
| Dien Bien Phu 1954 | Histoire & Collections | 2000 | In French; Vae Victis - #33, in 2000 |
| Grunt | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #26, 1971 |
| Hue | SDC | 1973 | Conflict #6, 1973; re-released as Battle for Hue by Simulations Design Corporation in 1977) and as Hue by Mayfair Games in 1982 |
| Platoon | Avalon Hill | 1986 | |
| Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965–1966 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
| Viet Nam | Gamescience – Phillip Orbanes, Designer | 1965 [2] | |
| Year of the Rat | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T #35, 1972 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Skies | FASA | 1998 | |
| Dixie | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | S&T #54, 1976 |
| Fortress America | Milton Bradley | 1986 | |
| Amerika | Historical Board Gaming | 2015 |
| Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack! | Eagle Games | 2003 | |
| Blitzkrieg | Avalon Hill | 1965 | |
| Castle Risk | Parker Brothers | 1986 | |
| Conquest | Self-published | 1972 | Released in German by Bütehorn in 1975 and in German by Hexagames in 1983 |
| Farlander | Revaler | 2002 | |
| Feudal | 3M | 1967 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 |
| Insurgency | Battleline Publications | 1979 | |
| Kriegspiel | Avalon Hill | 1970 | |
| Pizza Wars [3] | Heathen Thorn Enterprises | 1988 | |
| Risk | Parker Brothers | 1959 | |
| Strategy I | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | |
| Strike Force One | 1975 | ||
| Summit | Milton Bradley | 1961 | |
| Supremacy | Supremacy Games | 1984 | |
| Tactics | Self-published | 1953 | Re-released as Tactics I by Avalon Hill in 1983 |
| Tactics II | Avalon Hill | 1958 | |
| TEG: Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra | New Yetem | 1976 | In Spanish |
| Warlord | Gibsons Games | 1978 | Re-released as Apocalypse by Games Workshop in 1980 |
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