This game is about expeditions. You bid for the right to be the first one to look for some old treasures in every round. If you find something nice you get money for it. If you do not find something you wasted the money you bid. Three dice make the decision if you find something.If you find something you also get points. The player who earns 12 points...
Grand Bazaar is a trading game for the family in which players are merchants who want to increase their initial starting capital by buying and selling three types of gems: sapphires, rubies and emeralds. In more detail, the game lasts 27 rounds. Each round, prices for each type of gem may increase by 1, decrease by 1, or stay unchanged. Players must buy...
Grand Conquest is very similar to earlier versions of Donald Benge's Conquest. However it adds some interesting features. Now there are camels, catapults, siege engines and a moat around the five home points. The tube package comes with a vinyl roll out map, pieces in more distinguishable colors than previous versions, and a separate puzzle book (The...
This second game in the Shields & Swords Ancients series recreates ten battles spanning nearly three hundred years of Roman history. As was the case with the first game, With It Or On It (2019), The Grass Crown is a fresh, innovative taken on familiar material. The primary unit of maneuver is a "Wing" which itself consists of ten or so individual counters....
Over the course of ten battles, The Grass Crown charted the military evolution of the Roman Republic from the days of the manipular Legion and its Triplex Acies formation to the veteran professionals that fought in a series of bloody civil wars. These battles were carefully chosen by designer Amabel Holland with an eye toward only keeping those that would...
Great 72 is not a classic historical wargame. You won’t find scenarios for recreating specific battles or strictly defined army lists here. Instead, this is a set of flexible rules that allows you to use historical 1/72 miniatures to create exciting tactical battles and enjoy a simple, dynamic game. Whether you prefer historical settings or want to immerse...
The Great Battles of Alexander contains four of the Macedonian conqueror's most famous and decisive battles, all chosen to highlight the developement of the Macedonian Art of War. The battles covered are: Chaeronea – August 338 BC Granicus – May 334 BC Issus – November 333 BC Gaugamela – October 331 BC The game mechanics use a combat system that emphasizes...
An expansion for The Great Battles of Alexander, this module is found in RBM/GMT's C3i Magazine Nr 1. It is the first C3i magazine scenario for Great Battles of History. As with other games in the series, it uses a combat system that emphasizes weapon/armor superiority and maneuverability over quantity. According to designer Mark Herman, "Hoplite warfare...
"Juggernaut simulates Alexander the Great's final, major battle - The Hydaspes. Having gained hegemony over virtually all of the civilized western world through a series of stunning victories the late, Great King of Persia, Darius III, Alexander heads east, mostly to satisfy his compulsive curiosity and need for conquest. Gobbling up tiny tribes, running...
An expansion module for The Great Battles of Alexander the module focuses on key battles for the Thebian general Epaninondas. Since these battles are not very balanced solitaire play is suggested, and each battle will usually be over in 2 turns. Leuctra, 371 B.C. Mantinea, 362 B.C. In order to play this module both The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe...
An expansion for The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition this expansion is found in RBM/GMT's C3i Magazine Nr9. This expansion covers two battles from the height of Persian power: Plataea, 479 B.C. Cunaxa, 401 B.C. To play these battles, counters from The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, Diadochoi: Great Battles of Alexander Module and...