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De Bellis Antiquitatis: Quick Play Wargame Rules with Army Lists for Ancient and Medieval Battles 1990

Design Philip C. Barker , Sue Laflin Barker , Richard Bodley Scott Art Ingo Martin , Josef Ochmann Publisher Hobby Products GmbH
7.3 /10
BGG rating
#3969
BGG rank
2.8
Weight
2–6
Players
2
Best at
60–300
Minutes
14
Age
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Expansions & Promos

6 on record
Pyrrhus: Le modèle d'hannibal 2024 Great Battles of History for DBA 3 2016 That Embattled Isle: Seven Battles from the History of England 60 AD to 1282 AD 2014 DBACW: An ACW Supplement for DBA Rules 2006 Ancient Historical Battles, Volume 2 1995 Ancient Historical Battles 1992

About the Game

A flexible, fast-playing set of miniatures rules. An army consists of 12 units (called "elements"), classified as Blades, Warband, Knights and so forth. The rules are very simple (and can actually fit on one sheet of paper) but nevertheless pretty effective.

The Fantasy version is Hordes of the Things, and the De Bellis Multitudinis: Wargames Rules for Ancient and Medieval Battles – 3000 BC to 1500 AD rules add more detail and significantly increase army size.

De Bellis Renationis extends the time period through the end of the Renaissance (1700 AD) and Horse, Foot and Guns covers the period from 1701 to 1915.

Filed Under

Categories
Ancient Book Medieval Miniatures Renaissance Wargame
Mechanics
Action Points Dice Rolling Line of Sight Measurement Movement Modular Board Movement Template Simulation Variable Set-up
Family
DBx
Also known as
De Bellis Antiquitatis · De Bellis Antiquitatis: Simple Fast Play Ancient Wargame and Campaign Rules with Army Lists · DBA
BGG ratings
731 · geek rating 5.90
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