Alexander at Arbela (331 BC) The map represents the area in which the battle of Gaugamela took place. The battlefield covered a large plain almost entirely flat, except a small area of irregular terrain on the one side of the map, which does not affect the game play. Each hexagon of the map represents about 200 meters of actual terrain. Since the actual...
Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela. Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Players take on the roles of Alexander the Great and King Darius III as the Macedonian army clashes with the Persian Host. Movement is hex based. Unit types include basic...
Ramses II is a variant based on Avalon Hill's tactical battle game Alexander the Great. The mapboard, with a few modifications, and the game system are used in the variant. The vast majority of the rules for Alexander the Great are employed; those modified or not utilized are noted below. New game counters, which represent the Hittite and Egyptian forces...
"Alexandre contre la Perse" is a tactical level board wargame which presents the first three battles in the "Au Fil de l'Épée" Antiquity series. They bring onto the stage the greatest conqueror of Antiquity in the course of the mighty confrontations which enabled him to bring Persia to its knees. GRANICUS - In 334 BC, after crushing a revolt by the city of...
Alexandria, 1801 is the first part of SimTac´s series "Battles of the Revolution & the Empire" on Tactical (battalion, squadron, battery) level and medium/low complexity. You get two Battles in this box : the Battle of Mandara fought on March 13th and the Battle of Canope was fought on March 21st 1801 between the French L´Armée d´Orient and the British...
From the publisher's website: A quick and easy campaign game for the Crusades period in the Byzantine Empire, including map, counters, and miniatures interface for our "Ironbow" rules. In fact, the game is leader driven- good leaders get things done, while poor ones are a hindrance. Counters representing every troop type are here, including Turkish Ghulam...
"Alfred the Great: The Great Heathen Army 871 AD" is a two player hex, dice and counter wargame with complexity on the lower end of the scale that has the Vikings invading Wessex in 871AD. Players will have to consider when and where to fight, re-supply and other challenging factors to win the game. Players have Warriors, Earls/Jarls and Kings to do battle...
A two player or solitaire game that uses Hex, dice and miniatures, a game with complexity on the lower end of the scale that has the Vikings invading Wessex in 871AD, players will have to consider when and where to fight, re-supply and other challenging factors to win the game. Players have Warriors, Earls/Jarls and Kings to do battle with and will have to...
Alfred in this period commenced both the re-structuring of his Army and his Burh building program in earnest. In 885 a Viking army that had been active in Frankia sailed and attacked Rochester, a pivotal Town/Burh with its confluence of roads and river running thru it. The Vikings of East Anglia, under Alfred’s longtime nemesis Guthrum, now saw an...
King Alfred must have believed that by 892AD the lands of the Saxons were secure, as the implementation of his military and structural reforms meant that his vision of a united England, was achievable if not in his lifetime than by his son the Atheling prince, Edward. He would in fact be facing the greatest challenge of his long and successful reign as...