SPQR
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Description
This game contains counters and maps that allow the reproduction of five battles of warfare in the Roman Republic. The mechanics allow leaders to activate units within their command range in order to rout or destroy the other player's army.Volume II in GMT Games' Great Battles of History Series.Contains: 5 Battles 2 doublesided maps 3.5 counter sheets Rules for SPQRBattles: Beneventum Bagradas Cannae Zama CynocephalaeExpansion Modules: War Elephant: Introducing Hellenized Eastern armies to the system Raphia (217 BCE) & Magnesia (190 BCE) Consul for Rome: More 2nd Punic War Trebbia (218 BCE) & Metaurus (207 BCE) Pyrrhic Victory: More battles from the war between Rome and Pyrrhus of Epirus Heraclea (280 BCE) & Ausculum (279 BCE) Africanus: The Young Scipio (soon-to-be Africanus) at Baecula (208 BCE) and Ilipa (206 BCE) Jugurtha: the Battle of Muthul River (109 BCE) can be played using either SPQR and manipular Legions, or Great Battles of Caesar and cohort Legions Barbarian: Battles from the Early Republic GMT's C3i magazine and their SPQR Players Guide are good sources for more scenarios and modules. Look under 'More Information' for more module/scenario information.Re-developed in: Deluxe SPQR - BoardGameGeek
Extra Info
- Ages: 13 and up
- Artist: Mark Simonitch, Rodger B. MacGowan
- Category: Ancient, Wargame
- Designer: Mark Herman, Richard H. Berg
- Family: Great Battles of History
- Mechanics: Hex-and-Counter
- Players: 2 to 2
- PrimaryName: SPQR
- Product Title: SPQR
- Publisher: GMT Games, Oriflam
- Time: 240 minutes
- Year: 1992
