“Empire, long divided, must unite; long united, it must divide. Thus it has ever been.” - opening lines of Romance of the Three Kingdoms Gunshin: Three Kingdoms is a competitive or cooperative historic battle game for 2 to 6 players. Set in the miracle era of ancient China – Three Kingdoms – where battles were fought, power was seized, and heroes were...
In an effort to counter the growing number of uprisings, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty started granting regional power and military command to several lords around him. A number of these lords seized the opportunity and never gave back those privileges. As a result, Three Kingdoms arose, each vying for dominance in China. What no one of those Three...
First game in the Series: Rome at War (Avalanche Press) series. Tactical wargame of moderate complexity that focuses on Hannibal (Carthage) versus Rome. Units are rated for combat strength and morale. Rules cover cavalry, elephants, facing, assaults, missile fire, legion/phalanx movement, and recovery. Activation system for leaders. Generally need a 6 roll...
Second game in the Series: Rome at War (Avalanche Press) series. The last true Roman armies try to stave off invasions by Germans, Persians and Gauls between 357 and 378 AD. Includes the battles of Strasbourg (357 AD), Tigris (May, 363), Ctesiphon (May, 363), Megara (June, 363), Phrygia (June, 363), Sumere (June, 363), Nacolia (366), Argentum (376), Ad...
From the Avalanche Press website: Rome at War: King of Kings From the Euphrates to the Indus, the writ of the King of Kings stood supreme in the Sassanid Persian Empire. Enforcing this power was the Sassanid army, with its herds of war elephants and its awesome armored cavalry. For four hundred years the Sassanids battled first the Romans and then the...
From the Avalanche Press website: Rome at War: Queen of the Celts In the year 43 AD, Roman legions splashed ashore in Kent, unopposed by the Britons led by Caractus, who had sworn to repel them. The Emperor Claudius had dispatched Aulus Plautius and 45,000 men to conquer the mist-covered island where Julius Caesar had failed almost a century earlier. Over...