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Alexander gets himself killed
A little updated map I did.
box and board
Standard game set-up.

Alexander the Great (1971)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
12+
6.24
Average rating
456
Ratings
2.63/5
Weight
#9214
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Don Greenwood, Gary Gygax
Artist:Don Lowry, W. Scott Moores
Publisher:The Avalon Hill Game Co +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.3, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.3
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameAncientHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementRatio / Combat Results TableMovement Points

Overview

Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela.

Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Players take on the roles of Alexander the Great and King Darius III as the Macedonian army clashes with the Persian Host.

Movement is hex based. Unit types include basic infantry, phalanxes, cavalry, chariots and elephants. The turn sequence is movement, defensive fire and melee. Combat is a dice roll cross-referenced on a probability table. A sliding morale track determines which table will be used for combat resolution.

The game consists of a 22" x 28" map board, a sheet of 108 die cut counters, one Combat Results Table, and a 24-page rulebook.

Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 5

Expansions

Alexander's Other Battles
Ramses II
The Battle of the Hydaspes
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