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CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C.

CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. 1994

Design Richard H. Berg , Mark Herman Art Rodger B. MacGowan , Mark Simonitch Publisher GMT Games
7.2 /10
BGG rating
#6665
BGG rank
3.4
Weight
1–4
Players
2
Best at
360
Minutes
12
Age
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Expansions & Promos

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Simple GBoH Battle Manual 2006 The Army without a General 2002 Simple GBoH 2000 The Great Battles of Julius Caesar: The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. – Veni Vidi Vici: The Battles of Nicopolis 48 B.C. Zela 47 B.C. 1999 The Sertorian War, 80-72 B.C. 1999 Jugurtha: Guerrilla Warfare in Numidia 1998 The Great Battles of Julius Caesar: The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. – Dictator 1995

About the Game

Alea iacta est... 49 B.C. Rome is in turmoil. Armed mobs rule the streets. The First Triumvirate - overseers of the last days of the Roman Republic - has disintegrated. The Senate and the People have two options: on the one hand is the overweening ego, ambition, but limited military vision of Gnaeus Pompeius Magno - Pompey the Great. On the other hand is one of history's greatest - and most schemingly ambitious - political/military figures, the conqueror of Gaul, Caius Julius Caesar. In Italy, at the edge of the Rubicon River, word of the stalemate has reached Caesar and his XIII Legion. He intones, for posterity: Ialea acta est... the die is cast.

CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar - The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. recreates 5 battles, using the GMT Great Battles of History (GBoH) basic system:

Pharsalus (Tessaly), 48 B.C. Dyrrhachium-Lesnika (Illyria), 48 B.C. Thapsus (Africa), 46 B.C. Ruspina (Africa), 46 B.C. Munda (Spain), 45 B.C.

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Categories
Ancient Civil War Wargame
Mechanics
Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Movement Points Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Simulation
BGG ratings
325 · geek rating 5.69
BGG data
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