"Napgammon" is a light weight wargame of luck and maneuver. It takes the core roll-and-move mechanism of Backgammon and applies it to a two-dimensional point-to-point map with differentiated terrain and movement costs. As in Backgammon, players roll two dice at the start of their turn and make one move for each die. Rolling doubles allows four moves, but also enables multiple divisions that begin the turn stacked together to move as one, potentially achieving superior combat odds and an advantageous column shift. Combat is resolved using an odds-based, but completely deterministic, CRT, and losses are permanent. A pool of reinforcements can be brought in from your Capitol city. The game is won by either completely surrounding your opponent's Capitol, or by Eliminating sufficient enemy units that you outnumber them two-to-one.
This is the second of Hollandspiele's annual holiday mini-games, the first of which (Christmas at White Mountain) gave birth to the successful Table Battles. It will be packed in, free of charge, with any order placed during the 2017 holiday sale containing at least two games. After the sale, it will be made available for purchase as a downloadable PNP game.
—description from the publisher
Abstract Strategy, Napoleonic, Wargame · Dice Rolling, Point to Point Movement, Ratio / Combat Results Table, Roll / Spin and Move
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