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

Players
2–6
Best: 2
Playing time
60–300 min
Age
14+
7.34
Average rating
730
Ratings
2.79/5
Weight
#3944
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:De Bellis Antiquitatis +2 more
Designer:Philip C. Barker, Richard Bodley Scott, Sue Laflin Barker
Artist:Ingo Martin, Josef Ochmann
Publisher:Hobby Products GmbH +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 9, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.6, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck9.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.6
Theme5.0

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

WargameMedievalMiniaturesAncientRenaissanceBookAction PointsModular BoardSimulationDice RollingVariable Set-upMeasurement MovementMovement TemplateLine of Sight

Overview

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.

Expansions

Ancient Historical Battles, Volume 2
DBACW: An ACW Supplement for DBA Rules
Ancient Historical Battles
That Embattled Isle: Seven Battles from the History of England 60 AD to 1282 AD
Great Battles of History for DBA 3
Pyrrhus: Le modèle d'hannibal
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