Kriegspiel vs WizMiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kriegspiel
Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Napoleonic warfare. The objective is to capture enemy arsenals by deploying lines of communication and blocking enemy movements on a large game board. Offers online and local multiplayer, as well as AI practice.
- 20x25 game board
- Capture enemy arsenals to win
- Deploy lines of communication
- Block enemy lines
- Online multiplayer
- Local multiplayer
- AI practice mode
- Level editor
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Inspired by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz and the European war campaigns of Napoleon, Kriegspiel is a chess-variant played by two opposing players on a 20 x 25 game board. Capture the enemy's Arsenals to win. Deploy your Lines of Communication to keep friendly units in contact. Block enemy lines for strategic advantage. "The surprises of this Kriegspiel seem to be inexhaustible," wrote French Situationist Guy Debord. In Debord's view the game represents the totality of factors at play in wartime maneuvers, what he called "the dialectic of all conflicts." -- Play 2P online against another player -- Play 2P in person on the same device -- Practice against the computer -- Level editor for customizing formations -- Language support for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and English Kriegspiel is produced and maintained by Alexander R. Galloway. The game is noncommercial. There are no in-app purchases. No advertisements. No Patreon. No GoFundMe. No monetization of player data. There is literally no possible way to take your money.
WizMiz
A fast-paced, two-player abstract strategy board game. Players move colored dots across the board to reach the opposite row, with two distinct win conditions. It's a simple yet challenging game of tactical movement and capture.
- Two-player abstract board game
- Strategic dot movement
- Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal moves
- Capture opponent's dots
- Two win conditions
- Fast-paced gameplay
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WizMiz is an Abstract Board Game for two players. A strategy game of 18 red dots vs 18 blue dots that is simple, fast & challenging. Each dot may move one or more squares at a time: vertically, horizontally, or diagonally – but not backward. The object of the game is to move your color dots across the board to the last opposite row. Two ways to win: 1. The first player to fill the last opposite row with 8 dots wins, or 2. The first player that has all of their remaining dots on the last opposite row, and none of their other dots left on the play field. You move by touching your dot then an empty square, or touching your dot then your opponents dot, removing It from the play field. A fast-moving strategy game for all to play. WizMiz was created by Jack Boasberg in 1986. Updated in 2019 at Lightorium.com, LLC. Developed by Juggleware.
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Verdict
Kriegspiel and WizMiz both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of WizMiz's written reviews are positive against 74% of Kriegspiel's. WizMiz also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Kriegspiel's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Kriegspiel against 4.4 for WizMiz. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kriegspiel has 60 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Kriegspiel's written reviews are positive against 100% of WizMiz's.
Kriegspiel ships an update every 6 months, WizMiz every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kriegspiel | WizMiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (60 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Galloway | lightorium.com LLC |
Customer experience
Kriegspiel
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In-app purchases
Kriegspiel
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









