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ANCIENTS PLUS: Expanded map, plastic figures, counters, record sheet, status markers.
Map of the Alesia scenario
cover art of the 1986 version (I was in on helping assemble the first 1000 copies)
Wife and kids running errands.  Finally my 1st game!  Thutmose III, Pharoh of Egypt vs.  King of Kadesh!
ANCIENTS PLUS: Battle of Maldon again. The English units on magnets can be swapped to other counters, making it easier to re-use them across scenarios.

Ancients (1986)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
12+
6.79
Average rating
194
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
#9820
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:William L. Banks
Artist:Beth Queman, Ted Koller, Doug Graham
Publisher:Good Industries +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 4, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme5.0

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Overview

Ancients is a board wargame of Tactical level combat in the age before GunPowder.

The game contains over five-dozen historical Ancient and Medieval battles scenarios, and many more are being added.

King of Kings (itself later republished by 3W as Imperator) was a companion game.

The Rules of Ancients are in the "Files" section.

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