History in Play

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.

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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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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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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...

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1985: Sacred Oil

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2021

WT 4.5/5 1–6P

Designed by Fabrizio Vianello

Same era

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48th Panzer Korps: Battles on the River Chir

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1991

WT 2.6/5 2–2P

Designed by Jim Zoldak

Same era

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Across the Bug River: Volodymyr-Volynskyi 1941

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2021

WT 2.9/5 1–2P

Designed by Krzysztof Biernacki

Same era

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Against the Reich

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1986

WT 3.1/5 2–2P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski

Same era

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Air & Armor: Wurzburg, Tactical Armored Warfare in Europe – Designer Signature Edition

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2024

WT 3.7/5 1–7P

Designed by Bruce S. Maxwell

Same era

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Air Cobra: Modern Tactical Airmobile Warfare

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1980

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Dave Collins (I), Tony Merridy, Tom Walczyk

Same era

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Ancient Pub Battles

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 3.0/5 1–6P

Designed by Marshall Barrington

Same era

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Attila: Scourge of Rome

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2003

WT 3.6/5 2–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg

Same era

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Balkan Front

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1990

WT 3.9/5 2–3P

Designed by John Astell

Same era

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Balkan Gamble

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

1–2P

Designed by Brian Train

Same era

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Band of Brothers: Battle Pack 1

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 3.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Brendan Clark, Jim Krohn

Same era

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Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2013

WT 2.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Jim Krohn

Same era

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Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

WT 2.8/5 2–2P

Designed by Jim Krohn

Same era

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Barbarian: Rome vs. The Gauls and Samnites, 315-200 BC – SPQR Battle Module

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2008

WT 3.6/5 2–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg, Dan Fournie, Mark Herman

Same era

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Blocks in the East: Chrome Expansion

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2013

WT 3.0/5 1–4P

Designed by Emanuele Santandrea

Same era

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CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C.

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1994

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg, Mark Herman

Same era

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Caesar in Alexandria

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2001

WT 3.1/5 2–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg, Mark Herman, Alan J. Ray

Same era

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Caesar in Gallia: Conquest on the Ancient Frontier

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1993

WT 3.1/5 2–2P

Designed by Joseph Miranda

Same era

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Caesar: Epic Battle of Alesia

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1976

WT 2.9/5 2–4P

Designed by Robert Bradley

Same era

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Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 3.3/5 2–2P

Designed by Mark Simonitch

Same era

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Carthage: The First Punic War – The Ancient World, Vol. II

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2005

WT 4.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg

Same era

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Chalons: The Fate of Europe

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

WT 2.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Eric R. Harvey

Same era

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Chariots of Fire: Warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300-1200 B.C.

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

WT 3.5/5 1–4P

Designed by Richard H. Berg, Mark Herman

Same era

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Diadochoi: Great Battles of Alexander Module

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1995

WT 3.2/5 2–2P

Designed by Richard H. Berg, Mark Herman

Same era

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Empire of the Sun

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

WT 4.4/5 1–2P

Designed by Mark Herman

Same era

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Epic of the Peloponnesian War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2006

WT 4.0/5 2–4P

Designed by Jonathan Iwamasa, Kurt Kuhlmann

Same era

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