10 Roman legions besiege a Gallic force in Alesia, and they are in turn besieged in their siege works by a relieving Gallic force. This hex and counter game is Volume XI in the Series: Great Battles of History (GMT Games) series by GMT. The game uses similar mechanics to other games in the series; however, It is centered around a siege instead of a more...
The Battle of Alesia took place in September 52 BC around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia. Situated probably atop Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine in France, but this location does not fit Caesar's description of the battle. A number of alternatives have been proposed over time, among which Chaux-des-Crotenay (in Jura in modern France) only...
Game was described in an issue of the General, covering the Avalon Hill game called Siege of Jerusalem. Evidently, AH acquired the rights. The AH version is, according to one of the designers, is "...in many respects, quite different from its Historical Perspectives ancestor....New information, or just new ways of looking at things, manifest themselves....
An epic war game on the siege of Jerusalem in 70AD. It is a reimagining/updating/rebuild/new design of the classic Avalon Hill game. As the Roman player you are using all of your skills and discipline to overwhelm the walls and defenders of Jerusalem. As the Jewish player you will have to overcome a lack of training and a fragmented defense to make the...
Siege of Jerusalem AD70 is a two-player wargame simulating the epic Roman assault on the city of Jerusalem in AD 70. The battle pits a veteran Roman army commanded by Titus Flavius against Judean rebels who are making an epic stand. The game system emphasizes command control and the use of both troop and siege units. Players randomly pick command markers...
Published by Avalon Hill in 1989 (for the Third edition). (from MMP's web site:) It is 70 A.D. Dawn breaks on the combined might of four Legions arrayed on the heights of Mount Scopus, starting their methodical advance across the valley to the ancient walled city of Jerusalem. Siege lines have been secured tight about the city. There is no hope of escape....
From the publisher's website: ""The Romans knew not…how deeply the greatness of their own prosperity and the fate of the whole Western world were involved in the destruction of the fleet of Athens in the harbor of Syracuse.” Arnold Say what? The ‘fate of the whole Western world?’ Syracuse? How? Simple. If the Athenians had taken Syracuse, during their...
Broadly based upon "Sword and Pistol" and "Sword and Shield" by the same author, SIEGE is designed to play out siege warfare in the ancient and medieval periods in a relatively fast game. One figure represents 8 men. Written for 15mm miniatures the rules are adaptable to other scales. Percentage dice are used, there is a points system for those who want...
"This set of rules is intended as a game system, by which the players can reproduce most types of siege warfare during the period covered. It is open-ended, in that the players may design their own conflicts, with variations in unit type, siege machinery, and fortifications. Many extra counters of different types are included, from cavalry to early...
Sign of the Pagan from Richard Berg portrays the most famous battle of one of history’s most feared figures – Attila the Hun. It is considered by some to be the battle that saved Western Europe from the Huns and, for the most part, put an end to Attila’s wide-sweeping drives for loot. The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields was fought as the age of the Roman...
Signum Mortis is a game for 3 to 6 players lasting between 3 to 5 hours aimed at more mature gamers. The game - even though cynical and satirical - is based in part on the historical facts as outlines by Marcus Tullius Cicero in his famous speech in defense of Sextus Roscius. Even though you can trust Cicero - as lawyer that he was - to illuminate the...
Summer solstice is coming. ln order to celebrate the event, the county druids gather at the bottom of Silbury Hill to challenge each other in a big potion making tournament. Each of them is eager to show his knowledge, wisdom, and power to the great druid, who is the only judge of this competition. As tradition requires, only the winner will be entitled as...