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Diplomacy (game)
Diplomacy is Allan B. Calhamer's seven-player negotiation wargame of pre-WWI Europe, published 1959 and now under Hasbro/Avalon Hill: no dice, simultaneous secret orders, 34 supply centers, 18 to win, and a benchmark for AI research including Meta's Cicero.
Kriegsspiel
Kriegsspiel (German for "war game"): the Prussian professional wargame introduced in 1824 by Georg von Reisswitz, played on 1:8,000 maps with an umpire, and the related hidden-information chess variant Kriegspiel.
Mini wars
Mini wars names several small war games: the Ludii tabletop war game by Matthew Stephenson (DLP.Games.1263) with gold economy and base capture, the Roblox tycoon Mini War by Horangi99, and indie itch.io and Steam titles.
Risk (game)
Risk (board game), from Albert Lamorisse's La Conquête du Monde (1957), published by Parker Brothers as Risk in 1959; a 2-5 player dice-combat conquest game on a 42-territory world map, inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2021.
Stratego
Stratego (Stratego, by Jumbo/Hasbro) is a two-player hidden-rank board wargame on a 10x10 board with 40 pieces per side; capture the enemy flag. Created by Mogendorff, trademarked 1942, US release 1961.
Wargame
Wargame: a game simulating military conflict on boards, miniatures, or computers, from Prussian Kriegsspiel (1811) and Avalon Hill's Tactics to professional military wargaming; defined by rules, scenarios, and human decision-making.