There are a plethora of war games available today. The classics like Risk and Axis & Allies have now expanded to both simpler short games to more complex longer games. Some are two player only, some have a solo option and some are solo only. For example, two player games like Blitzkrieg!: World War Two In 20 Minutes and Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes include a solo variation, others can be played solo with additional instructions or other elements created by gamers.
The current most popular war games are the Undaunted series and the Memoir ‘44 series.
Some of the following two player games also have a solo option. The more popular or highly rated ones are (with BGG ratings) Air, Land, & Sea (7.5), Air, Land & Sea: Spies, Lies, & Supplies (7.9), By Stealth & Sea (8.0), D-Day at Omaha Beach (8.3), Enemy Action: Ardennes (8.6), The Hunters: German U-boats at War 1939-43 (7.7), Men of Iron Battles Tri-pack: Men of Iron, Infidel, Blood & Roses (8.2), RAF: The Battle of Britain 1940 (8.0), Silent Victory: U.S. Submarines in the Pacific 1941-45 (8.0), Storm Above the Reich (8.1), Shores of Tripoli.
The solo-only games are Aces of Valor (8.4), Airborne Commander (6.9), American Tank Ace: 1944-1945 (8.3), Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid (8.0), Fields of Fire 2 (8.3), Thunderbolt Apache Leader (8.0), Hill of Doves: The First Anglo-Boer War (8.0), Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operation (7.9), Sherman Leader (7.6), Silent War: IJN – Imperial Japanese Navy (7.6), Target For Today: Bombers Over the Reich, 1942-1945 (8.1), Western Front Ace: The Great War in the Air 1916-1918 (8.8).
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For 2025, Zilla Blitz Youtube channel has recommendations for beginning war game players.
- Undaunted Normandy
- By Stealth & Sea (solo)
- The Hunt
- Sherman Leader (solo)
- Gettysburg
- A Time For Heroes (solo option)
- Lanzerath Ridge (solo)
- Memoir '44
- The Shores of Tripoli (solo option)
- Downfall of Empires
- Tank on Tank Eastfront
- Tank on Tank Westfront
- Onoda (solo)
- Resist!
- Aces of Valor
- Louisbourg 1758
- La Résistance
- Tank Clash: Western Front
- Worthington Pacific War 1942 (solo)
- Worthington French & Indian War (solo)
- Worthington Waterloo (solo)
- Worthington Europe at War 1940 (solo)
- Worthington War of 1812 (solo)
Field Commander: Alexander and Waterloo Solitaire are two new solo games.
