The floor of the Colosseum (sic) had been divided into two almost equal halves, separated by a tall wooden wall. On each side of the wall wild animals stalked across the hot sands . . . bears, slinking lions and leopards and the solitary tigers who claimed the dubious honor of being the most dangerous of the beasts to hunt and kill . . . Two teams of men...
The Colosseum (sic) squatted like some primeval stone beast in the heart of Rome, its lofty upper arches casting shadows in the late afternoon sun over the sweltering pavement of this, the Emperor's proud capital . . . Dedicated to the Infernal gods, the Roman games proved to be one of the most awesome spectacles of regulated murder ever performed before...
Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis is a board & card game designed for 1 to 6 players (solo-play rules are included). Moment to moment the contest requires tactical decisions of movement, positioning and the selection of your attack and defense, while important strategic options always loom, such as how much of your stamina to expend as you risk becoming...
A game of gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome. Played using counters or miniatures figures (54mm or 25mm) on a hex grid. For two or more players. Gladiators was designed as a system for single figure miniatures combat. But it is more like a role-playing game's combat system than a traditional miniatures system. Combat takes place on a hex grid making...
User Summary This freely downloadable expansion for the print-and-play game Glider-Pit Gladiators (GPG) allows players to create and play continuing gladiator characters who can gain experience and special skills over the course of their careers. The game was first web published in 1999 and updated in 2002. The Campaign Expansion adds rules covering...
A simulation of single combat between gladiators in ancient Rome, based on a system of drawing and playing from a pack of combat cards. Each gladiator (represented by miniatures or counters on a combat map) has a set of cards giving options suitable to his style of fighting. The players maintain a hand of combat cards from which to choose their actions....
Gladius is a 2-player card game. It simulates gladiatorial combat in a Roman arena. Each Player takes on the role of a gladiator. There are 7 types of gladiators in the rules: Secutor, Retiarius, Thracian, Murmillo, Dimachaeri, Samnite, and Postulati. Players share a common deck of 56 cards. There are unique for each gladiator in play. Time your attacks to...
"EVERY STALK OF CORN IN THE NORTHERN AND GREATER PART OF THE FIELD WAS CUT AS CLOSELY AS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH A KNIFE, AND THE SLAIN LAY IN ROWS PRECISELY AS THEY HAD STOOD IN THEIR RANKS A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE." General Hooker commenting on the cannister fire of six Union batteries The summer of 1862 was a time of peril for the Union. The Army of the...
Glider-Pit Gladiators (GPG) is a free print-and-play board game of ancient aerial combat. The latest version (GPG 2002) is available for download from the files section below. Two to six players control primitive gliders descending into a deep, sheer-walled pit. Within this natural arena the glider pilots engage in ritualistic gladiatorial combat. A...
Set of miniatures wargame rules for fighting battles of the American Civil War circa 1862. From the cover: "Being a set of very playable recreational Wargame rules that will create, to some degree, the excitement and pageantry of Tactical Battles of the late War for Southern Independence" Assuming 25mm\28mm figures are used: Game scale: One inch = 22 yards...
Game produced by Identity Games Int. at the request of the dutch army. Its for 2-4 players and take 1-2 hours. The gameboard shows different countries where peacekeeping-operations can be done. Each peacekeeping-operation has 3 different sub-missions (Humanitary-aid, Peace-keeping, Peace-enforcing). When landing on a country the player takes a Oppertunity...
In this game players create chemical companies in order to devellop as much products as possible. During the game, the players are confronted with economical, chemical and technical questions. Products can be created within one of the four categories: specialties, energy, consumer products of pharmaceuticals. Through research, design, and pilot phase a...