Update on this: it's interesting to see what Ottoman topics have and haven't been covered by games. A couple each on Constantinople 1453, Malta 1565, and Lepanto 1571. A LOT on Vienna 1683. A Polish company has done several on 14C-15C battles. And there's a classic '70s game on Ankara (1403). But...
Over the years I've acquired a number of strategy board games related to the Ottoman Empire, but have never played any of them. I'm thinking about changing that this year, playing through one game a month and posting about how each one does at modeling history.
Feb 1, 2026 15:18...there are NO commercial games on clashes with the Safavids or Mamluks. Nor on the 16C wars in Hungary--1 game on Mohács is all I can find. And very few on the 18C-19C Russo-Ottoman Wars--not one on the pivotal 1768 War on land! Coverage picks up in the 20C, and there are a bunch for WW1. As...
...you'd expect, there are a lot more games on 19C-20C conflicts taht involve the western powers. So there are several Napoleonic games and a few Crimean War where the Ottomans play a peripheral role. Far fewer on the R-O wars were western powers weren't involved (1806, 1828, 1877, WW1 Caucasus)...
would be fun to see games on:
--Çaldıran 1514
--Egypt 1516-17
--Long War 1593-1606
--Prut River 1711 (victory based on negotiations, Peter vs. Baltacı)
--Russo-Ottoman War 1768-74
--Greek War of Independence (COIN?)
--Ottoman Egyptian Wars (can you lose Nizib less badly?)
--Plevna+Shipka Pass 1877
GMT Games - Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071
Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071
