Hus is played in Namibia by the Damara (Berg-Dama), Namaqua, Herero, Kanyama, Ndonga, Kwangari, Mbukushu, Shambyo and Hei||om in Namibia. It is also spelled ||hūs. It is part of the Kalah Family of games. The Hus edition published by Falke has a wooden board with 32 holes arranged in 4 rows. In Africa, versions exist with 8 - 24 holes. In Africa, the...
A Warp Skirmish format game representing the last major battle of Alexander the Great in 326 BC. One player is Alexander. The other is King Porus of the Hindu Paurava Kingdom. Play is conducted on a 12 x 7 grid with 4 different terrain types. The Greeks start stacked just North of the river Hydaspes. The Indians start stacked facing them on the South bank...
This game is a two-player simulation of the Third Servile War, a slave revolt that shook the Roman Republic from 73-71 B.C. Included in the game are 14 pages of rules, 189 5/8" counters, and a 22" x 34" mapsheet with the areas of Italy and the Mediterranean where the War of the Gladiators took place. Barring the occupation of Rome (for the Rebel player) or...
I’m No Spartacus is a set of simple wargames rules for teams of three gladiators to fight to the death in the Arena in Ancient Rome’s games. Players control a small group of gladiators with the intent of gaining the Emperor’s favour. The rules are played with cards and dice, using a simple mechanism to allow a free flowing and fast game, taking seconds to...
Path to Yaaru, a.k.a. イアルへの道 (pronounced "Iaru he no Michi"), refers to the Egyptian heavenly paradise of the Fields Of Aaru. This is a card-drafting game set in Ancient Egypt in which you head to Yaaru, the promised land, with help from the Egyptian gods. The card-drafting system has a twist in that you may not freely pick any card. Hence, while advanced...
Extracted from consimworld.com: IBEROS is an operational simulation of low to medium complexity of warfare in the Ancient Peninsula. It is packaged in a slipcase box that includes one 60 x 52 cm map, 240 full-color die cut counters, one standard and scenario rules booklet, one historical commentary booklet, and two player aid cards. Game turns are one year...
The Ides of March is a small game about the assassination of Julius Caesar. The premise is that Mark Anthony appears on the scene armed with a sword, albeit some distance from the scene. He has to either kill all the conspirators or get Caesar off the map before he is killed. Since he has a sword, he does considerably more damage with his attacks than the...
On the Ides of March (15 March) 44BC, ruler of Rome, Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Senate house by a small group of disaffected senators. After a brief period of confusion, three factions began to emerge to fill the vacuum left by Caesar’s death. The Tyrannicides led by Marcus Junius Brutus and assisted by Gaius Cassius Longinus left Rome and...
Melyik ősi civilizáció állja ki az idő próbáját? Birodalmak emelkednek ki korábbi birodalmak romjaiból, majd azok is hanyatlani kezdenek – de mindig hagynak valami maradandót az utókornak. Az idő hullámai egy kártyajáték, amelyben a két játékosnak egy-egy dinasztia fejeként kell a civilizációját három korszakon át vezetni. Minden korszakban öt fenséges...
Idus Martii is a hidden role game for 5 to 8 players. According to Plutarch, a seer had warned that harm would come to Caesar no later than the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "The Ides of March are come", implying that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which the...
A very simple, ancient Italian card game. It is popular to this day in Italy, Germany, and Scandinavia. It is played with a 40-card deck composed of number and picture cards. There are two of each card (i.e. 20 distinct cards). Each player is dealt a single card. The goal is to avoid holding the lowest valued card at the end of a turn around the table....