Players are vying for recognition and to be named Hatu Matu: Chief of Easter Island. Players must recruit islanders to act as Fisherman, Laborers, Farmers, Craftsman, or Foresters. They use the resources produced or harvested from the island to gain status by erecting statues on Easter Island. Alas, just as with the real Easter Island, players slowly...
These rules allow quick and fun gladiator combats involving just two gladiators or a whole crowd. Animals such as lions and tigers can also be included. Each player controls one or more units. A unit can be a gladiator OR animal such as a lion or tiger. Each unit requires a unit sheet. Mark in pencil or use pins in the shaded squares. The playing area is...
These rules allow quick and fun chariot racing involving two or more chariots. Historically the Romans usually raced 4, 8 or 12 chariots. Each player controls one or more units. A unit can be a chariot OR a driver that survived a crashed chariot. During a turn each player moves their unit one at a time in the following order decided by track position: The...
He Hemetera Thalassa, Mare Nostrum A quick playing set of fleet action level Ancient naval rules covering the period 2000BC to 900AD, allowing large scale battles such as Salamis, Actium and the battles of the Peloponnesian and Punic Wars to be completed in a couple of hours or less. They have been written with 1/2400 scale models based in groups or...
Inspired by Mary Renault's book FIRE FROM HEAVEN, this game simulates Macedonian power politics in the fourth century BCE. The aim of the game is to be the king of the Macedones by the time that all preparations for the invasion of Persia are complete. Kings had to balance the conflicting factions of the Macedonian court and the demands of the powerful...
Head for Glory is a fast-paced arena fighting-game set in an alternate-reality of ancient Rome, where headless Romans compete for the right to rule the empire as the new Caesar. Each player enters the fight headless and has to choose out of a pool of 9 different heads, each with a unique ability or attack modifier. But the powers you choose may change by...
Heart of Nile (尼罗之心) is a competitive set-collection board game for 3–5 players set in ancient Egypt. Players take on the roles of gem collectors seeking prestige by climbing towers, visiting merchant guilds, and dealing with shadowy figures in the black market. Through clever choices and timing, they compete to earn the prestigious title of the “Heart of...
Hedralites is a skirmish wargame in which players create bands of ancient Mediterranean soldiers in an attempt to control the besieged city of Khard. Models gain experience and items over a series of scenarios with an ever-changing board and set of objectives. Play requires a set of polyhedral dice, extra d6s, and of course a copy of the rules, available...
(from ATO web site:) Hegemon is an operational simulation for two players which recreates the efforts of Athens and Thebes to withstand the Makedonian pursuit of Hellenic hegemony in the crucial years of 339-338 BC. One player commands the forces of Athens, Thebes, and their allies (the Hellenes), while the other controls the Makedonian army and its allies...
Hegemon: A Wargaming Campaign in Ancient Greece is set circa 340BCE and pits Macedon against Persia with Greece as the battlefield. It is specifically designed for DBA 3.0 but is likely to be easily adapted to other sets of rules which cater for battles of around ten to 20 units. The campaign features a point to point map of Greece. Each turn represents a...