The Medway AD 43 Wales AD 51 Caratacus covers both the main battle and the last battle in the efforts of Rome, and the Emperor Claudius, to conquer the Britons and enlarge the empire's boundaries. The Roman legions and the commanders sent to accomplish this were of the highest ability available. The Britons were still a mobility-oriented, light army....
For those of you who can’t stand someone who wins all the time, here is an opportunity to game one of Julius Caesar’s rare losses. The Battle of Gergovia was Caesar's failed attempt to wipe out the threat of a large Gallic uprising by isolating and defeating a gathering of the Arverni, plus several other Gallic contingents, under their new chieftain...
For Caesar: Conquest of Gaul, we have Spartacus! with five scenarios by C3i GBoH Editor Dan Fournie. This article will feature the Battles of Salinae, Mount Garganus, Picenum, Camalatrum and Silarus River. Spartacus! will introduce the new ‘gladiator swordsmen’ unit, and pits the ragtag slave army against a series of Roman commanders and legions. The...
It is AD60, and Governor of Britannia C. Suetonius Paulinus stands ready to deal his final blow against a vicious insurgency in Rome’s new province. Inspired by Rome’s implacable opponents, the Druids, the remaining fanatical warriors of a two-year insurgency hold out on the island of Anglesey. Having made an amphibious landing on the island’s shores...
Volume 9 of the "Great Battles of History" series. Caesar in Alexandria challenges the best GBoH players out there by allowing them to conduct both land and naval operations at the same time, in this simulation of Julius Caesar's rather rash pas de deux with the Egyptians in 47 BC. Caesar and the Romans - the VI, XXVII, and XXXVII legions, lots of archers...
This game was initially intended to be an expansion to Avalon Hill's Caesar's Legions. It has turned into much more than that. It has so many distinct features to it, the only recognizable part that remains are the counters. Caesar's Legions was a captivating game and pretty successful for Avalon Hill. It broke the mold of their traditional WWII games and...
Caesar's Legions is a medium complexity wargame simulating the Roman campaigns in Germany at the operational level. Players choose from 5 scenarios ranging from Caesar's own Germanic campaigns to the Batavian revolt of 70 AD. Movement is hex based. Tactical cards effect combat resolution which is dice based and cross-referenced on a probability table....
This small free, print-and-play game is a preview for the Napoleonic Operations system game "Batavia" and depicts the British seaborne invasion of Callantsoog (Batavian Republic — modern Netherlands) in 1799, lead by Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby. The Second Coalition’s grand strategy for 1799 called for an Anglo-Russian landing in the pro-French...
A free game by Kevin Zucker and Enrico Acerbi, and a Napoleon’s Last Battles System variant published by Italian wargame magazine "No Turkeys" (and available in PDF at their website). The game simulates Bonaparte's attack on the numerically superior Coalition forces under Austrian General Josef Alvintzy. Alvintzy defeated the Little Corporal in this...
Caldiero, 1796 is a Tactical level board-wargame on the battle fought during the Napoleon's Italian Campaign. It was one of the few Austrians victories in this campaign and represents the first defeat suffered by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The day of the battle was characterized by heavy rain, cloudburst, snow and a ice storm. The game uses a simplified...