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Player Aid Card for Ancients I.
Scenario I-11 Lake Trasimene (217 BC) Hannibal (Red) ambushes Flaminius (Yellow) as the Romans march along the lake shore
3W - Ancients 1 - Front
Fire & Movement gives Grade B- for "Imperator" and B+ for "Ancients" - although the reviewer might have given a higher grade, if he had not got an essential rule wrong (Melee results on CRT)

Ancients I (1992)

Players
1–2
Best: 2
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
12+
6.46
Average rating
126
Ratings
1.91/5
Weight
#13597
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:William L. Banks
Artist:Angus McBride
Publisher:3W (World Wide Wargames)
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.8, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.8
Theme5.0

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

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Overview

Ancients I

has 32 different scenarios, each covering a battle from the period 1800 B.C. to 1400 A.D.

Sequence of Play:

Remove Leaders Check for Panic Reinforcements Movement Leaders Combat Rally

The armies represented include: Hittites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Spartans, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Carthaginians, Ancient Britons, Goths, Saxons, Viking, Normans, Crusaders, Muslims, Mongols, English, Scots and French.

Rated by designer / publisher as:

low Complexity and very high Solitaire Suitability

Re-implements:

Ancients

Expanded by:

Ancients II

Re-implemented by:

Ancient Battles Deluxe: From Guts to Gunpowder

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