“Ancients Wargame with emphasis on Command & Control. Victory: You win if you rout the opposing General.” Played on a square grid with terrain arranged as desired by the players. The game includes a detailed scenario generation system which allows for randomly determined army quality and composition, and leaders of varying ability (including attributes for...
Ancients Battlelines Clash (ABC) is a set of fast-play battle rules for the ancient and medieval periods. Units are classified by type (infantry, chariots, etc.), role (battleline, skrimisher, etc.), and fortitude (combination of morale, skill, and equipment), and can be further differentiated by special rules giving the missile attacks, special...
With grim-faced determination and sharpened sword, lead your troops through the greatest battles of history using the simple maneuver and combat mechanics that allow you engage in the decisive missile and melee combat that is Ancient Battles Deluxe. Here players will find more than a great game, but a complete system using standardized pieces and rules...
From the far reaches in Africa and Asia, ancient armies would mount a howdah on the back of a mighty pachyderm and transform it into a War Elephant! How will Alexander meet this new threat when invading India and meeting King Porus at the Hydaspes river? Why was Hannibal so careful to bring elephants across the treacherous passes of the Alps in the winter?...
From the publisher's website: They rode swiftly across Eurasia over steppe and across plains under the Great Khan, or from Byzantium in armor as Cataphracts. Man, beast, and bow has long been a weapon of shock and maneuver. Now you can find out as you re-write the pages of history's great battles like those featuring massive Persian cavalry formations at...
Added to the stench of battle is a foul new reek, the stink of sulfur! Now small formations of light gunners armed with the early Arquebus, and heavier formations of Coronelias and Tercios can lay fire across the field of battle. But they are not alone, for early cannon such as the Culverin, clumsy as they are, have also been introduced. Now as these...
The fourth expansion for Victory Point Games series on Ancients warfare. It includes: • One 8.5” x 11” color game map 'F' • 80 color, 5/8" square counters, including Battle Chariots • 16 new scenarios Scenarios (57-72): 57. Muye (Zhou vs Shang, 1027 BC) 58. Che (Yen vs Cheng, 717 BC) 59. Yen-Ling (Chin vs Ch’u, 575 BC) 60. Sabis River (Boduognatus vs...
Now any ancient to early-gunpowder battle is yours to recreate with this Design Your Own (DYO) expansion kit for Ancient Battles Deluxe. Obscure historical clashes, what-if battles of your own invention, and custom design scenarios are yours to command. Notice: This Expansion Kit is not a ‘stand alone’ game. To use it, you must own a copy of: • Ancient...
Brought to you by the same team that created the first two games of the series, designers Christopher Vorder Bruegge, Mark McLaughlin with Fred Schachter; Ancient Civilizations of East Asia (ACEA) is not a sequel nor expansion, but a STAND ALONE game using the same MULTIPLAYER AND SOLITAIRE base systems as its predecessors, but with many new and exciting...
Ancient Conquest is a classic and highly rated multiplayer game covering at a grand strategic level the rise and fall of empires and peoples in the ancient near east. Roughly covering the period from the New Kingdom of Egypt to the Age of Four Kingdoms (chronologically from 1500 BC to 600 BC), the game combines the diplomacy and political objectives of the...