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The cover of Oppidum (by Florent Vincent, a regular of many Osprey and Historic-One publications)

Map of a section of the circumvallation that Caesar built at Alesia to protect his legions from the Gallic relief army.

Map of an open terrain along a river or a beach

Map of an open terrain with a small spring and waterway ending in a larger river or sea

OPPIDUM: Celtic Warriors Against Roman Legionaries (2025)

Players

2–4

Best: 2

Playing time

90–180 min

Age

14+

8.77

Average rating

Ratings

2.20/5

Weight

#13199

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Designer:Buxeria, Martin Krauel

Artist:Buxeria, Florent Vincent

Publisher:Historic'One

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck9.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity4.4

Theme5.0

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

WargameAncientHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementScenario / Mission / Campaign GameVariable Set-upMovement PointsLine of Sight

Overview

OPPIDUM is a Tactical level skirmish board wargame that takes place during the 50s BC, when Julius Caesar successively attacked the various Celtic and Germanic peoples in Western Europe and (future Great) Britain.

The game uses the concepts and scale of the Cry Havoc series. The different scenarios will allow you to simulate ambushes, attempts by the defenders of Alesia to break the siege or the landing of Roman legionnaires on a Britannia beach defended by warriors on chariots.

—description from the publisher