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The best historical games

Some games are set in a specific historical period, usually a period of time particularly enjoyable for gamers such as the midde ages, the discovery of the Americas or the second world war. Historical games take a step further and try to be more faithful to the time period they are set.
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Dreadnoughts

DOS1992 Turcan Research Systems Limited
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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The Civil War

DOS1987 Avalon Hill
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Reelect JFK

Windows 3.x1994
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Columbus Discovery

DOS1992 Gamos
Columbus Discovery (1992, DOS) is a history-flavored point-and-click adventure where you, as a pixelated Christopher Columbus, set sail to "discover" lands that are already very mu...
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII...
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Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 Infogrames
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Passengers on the Wind 2

DOS1987 Infogrames
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
If you’ve ever wanted to command armies older than your great-great-great-grandparents, Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles is your time machine with a keyboard. Released in...