History in Play

MATCH 09

Devil Horsemen

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2005

WT 1.5/5 1–2P

Designed by Alex Kremer

Same war

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MATCH 02

Napoleon's Triumph

Simmons Games

2007

WT 3.6/5 2–8P 180MIN RTG 8.0

Innovative block wargame recreating Austerlitz with hidden unit information.

Same era

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MATCH 02

Wellington's Victory

SPI

1976

WT 1.2/5 2–2P 20MIN RTG 5.4

Highly detailed tactical simulation of the Battle of Waterloo at battalion level.

Same era

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MATCH 02

Commands & Colors: Napoleonics

GMT Games

2010

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 90MIN RTG 8.0

Light-to-medium wargame using the Commands & Colors system for Napoleonic battles.

Same era

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MATCH 02

Polis: Fight for the Hegemony

Asylum Games

2012

WT 3.7/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 7.6

Strategic game of the Peloponnesian War covering the conflict between Athens and Sparta.

Same era

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MATCH 02

Commands & Colors: Ancients

GMT Games

2006

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 60MIN RTG 7.8

Fast-playing tactical wargame covering battles from the Greco-Persian Wars through the fall of Rome. Uses the Commands & Colors block system with scenario-specific terrain.

Same era

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MATCH 02

Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage

Avalon Hill

1996

WT 3.4/5 2–2P 200MIN RTG 7.8

Card-driven operational game of the Second Punic War. Hannibal must use his brilliant generalship to defeat Rome before Carthage's allies defect. A landmark design that popularised the card-driven war...

Same era

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MATCH 02

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

GMT Games

2017

WT 4.2/5 1–4P 360MIN RTG 7.9

Mark Herman's strategic game of the entire Peloponnesian War. Each side juggles political infighting between its own factions as well as military competition against the enemy — unique dual-layer card...

Same era

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