Are there any other strategy board games with similar themes?

[4u7umn]

Strategy board games are really fun. I used to enjoy playing HoMM and the spiritual successors like Pennon and Battle. This time I tried Jagged Alliance and found that I unexpectedly liked this warfare-themed strategy board game. It's so addictive. I want to ask if there are any other similar themed strategy board games?

[Chaos Meister]

I highly recommend checking out Xcom2, and with all the DLCs added. It goes on sale quite regularly. The game is great, and there exists a mod pack called Long War( Long War of the Chosen if you have the DLC,) with that mod, the game is easily one of the best of all time. It lacks in story and the soldiers you get are randomized(you can customize them but their personalities are just a few voice lines (though there are mods which add new voices). The most similar game to JA3 for me would be Wasteland 3, It has lots of personality and the combat is also really similar. Other games to check out would be Phoenix Point, Battle Brothers, Wartales, Into the Breach, and the Fire Emblem series (Nintendo exclusive).

[Major Fret]

JA1 and 2 obviously. 2 really holds up still to this day despite its age.

Silent Storm. It's certainly 'Eurojank', but it can be a lot of fun. Not as much of the 'board game' element though.

Battle Brothers AKA ♥♥♥♥ You: The Game. Pretty hardcore and has a steep learning curve, but it is enjoyable with interesting mechanics and lots of randomisation/unique enemies.

[⛧True Survivor⛧]

- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters is very similar to X-Com/Jagged Alliance in terms of the campaign layout

- Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous is mainly a CRPG but it also has a HoMM-like hex map tactic layer

- Triangle Strategy is a Tactic RPG with a great story and strong focus on decision making

- Fire Emblem Awakening or Three Houses are great TRPGS in terms of character developement, but you need a 3DS or Switch

[BigB]

Once I liked most:
-Ja 2 Vanilla , 1.13 , Wildfire or UB. Ja 2 is unmatched imho.
-Wasteland 3 is newer and similar, maybe better than JA3

You could also take a look at:
-Wasteland 2
-Fallout Tatics
-Xcom 2 ( or Xcom 1 ) are similiar, but with a Sci-Fi Twist.
-Battle Brothers is okay.
-Silent Storm is dated.
-Chaos Gate Deamonhunter is good.
-Triangle Strategy is very long winded with lots of Text - maybe over hours and between that one very long and hard TRPG battle. Not a fan, Switch Cartridge just collects dust.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Silent Storm is indeed dated, and it is wonky in certain ways (there's a major technological element to the story that many found... quite off-putting to the point that people tried to mod it out), but it does environmental damage and 3D maps very well.

If you like the "mercenary company" management aspect of things, it's a wildly different setting but you could look at Harebrained Scheme's BATTLETECH game, where you do have to fuss with payroll and operating costs, and deciding when you can afford to buy various bits of equipment etc, in addition to having the turn-based battles. The base game is a bit dated game (released in 2018) but it still has a very active modding scene. The emphasis is more on tactics, but e.g. in some of the mods, you can influence the larger scene (e.g. helping one faction or another take or defend star systems from the other factions).

[armbarchris]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "strategy board game", that's how I would describe something like Civ or Age of Wonders to a non-gamer.

Usually if people say "more games like JA" one recommends stuff like XCOM, Forgotten But Unbroken, or Phenoix Point.

[bati]

Besides the ones already mentioned (JA2 with 1.13 mod is the undisputed king), Phantom Doctrine is also pretty good.

[Vugluskr]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/306290/762_Hard_Life/ 7,62 Hard Life

[Kordanor]

Games I would recommend here (all "modern" Windows games):

Broken Lines - Not turnbased but has a very cool system, very cool tactical battles
Xenonauts - Inofficial successor to original UFO/XCom games
Phoenix Point - Game from the original XCom creator

If you are into Fantasy games:
King Arthur Knights Tale - Dark Spin on King Arthur Saga

[Kaerius]

Originally posted by BigB:

Once I liked most:
-Ja 2 Vanilla , 1.13 , Wildfire or UB. Ja 2 is unmatched imho.
-Wasteland 3 is newer and similar, maybe better than JA3

You could also take a look at:
-Wasteland 2
-Fallout Tatics
-Xcom 2 ( or Xcom 1 ) are similiar, but with a Sci-Fi Twist.
-Battle Brothers is okay.
-Silent Storm is dated.
-Chaos Gate Deamonhunter is good.
-Triangle Strategy is very long winded with lots of Text - maybe over hours and between that one very long and hard TRPG battle. Not a fan, Switch Cartridge just collects dust.

Wouldn't really include battle brothers. Might as well include Expeditions: Vikings.
But I'll second the rest, as well as:
Phoenix Point
Phantom Doctrine
Battletech
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Lamplighters league. (I'm waiting for deep discounts)
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Corruption 2029

PS: Anyone know of a working widescreen fix for Silent Storm? I loved that game(at least up until it hit the sci-fi bits), would love to play it with more powerful hardware than I had back then, for the big demolitions. I did some explosions that took a few minutes for my computer to calculate back then. When I chain up explosives to take out half a building and then hit it with a grenade. (Oleg: "5 points from Russian judge")

[Kaerius]

I just realized I don't have a downloadable silent storm purchase anywhere, I have this game on CD or DVD, my current computer doesn't have that. :p

[Kordanor]

Originally posted by Kaerius:

I just realized I don't have a downloadable silent storm purchase anywhere, I have this game on CD or DVD, my current computer doesn't have that. :p

Could also buy an external DVD Drive. Cool to have anyways.

[atrox]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point/

[F.U.D.F.]

Barry Unger.

[Picknick]

If you mention XCOM you could also look for Xenonauts (published 2014). It is more or less a XCOM - same principle.