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[8 Jun 2013 | No Comment | ]
Caesar’s War (Video Review)

March with Julius Caesar and his legions in the conquest of Gaul, 58-52 BC. This is a two player game. One commands the Romans, the other the Gauls as well as allied Brittanic and Germanic tribes. The game pieces include: legions, auxiliaries, fleets and tribal war bands. The map stretches from the Roman frontier across the three parts of Gaul to the Rhine, as well as across the Northern Sea into Britannia.

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[19 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
China (Video Review)

China is an abstracted game of political influence in China. Players use cards to place pieces (Houses or Emissaries) into the nine regions on the board. When all house spaces in a region are filled (or at the end of the game), players score for majorities of houses in that region. At game end, players then score for having majorities of emissaries in two adjacent regions. Players also score for having four or more houses in an uninterrupted sequence along one of the roads on the board.

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[13 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Caesar and Cleopatra

In Caesar and Cleopatra, two players attempt to use influence and philosophy to sway the Roman officials in the Senate to join their causes. Sometimes secretly and sometimes openly, the players outbid one another in influence points on various senators, but thanks to action cards and other deviousness even the best lobbying can result in failure.

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[6 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Ancient Battles Deluxe (Video Review)

With grim-faced determination and sharpened sword, lead your troops through the greatest battles of history using the simple maneuver and combat mechanics that allow you engage in the decisive missile and melee combat that is Ancient Battles Deluxe.

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[22 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
Pax Romana

How did Rome get to be Rome? Why did the Glory That Was Greece fade? What stopped Carthage from making an empire of the Mediterranean? Could the Seleucids really have conquered the western world?

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[21 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
Phoenicia (Video Review)

Empires rise and fall. In the buffer areas and crossroads between civilizations, however, a clever ruler can sometimes adopt new ideas, establish trade, and found a city state — such as the great Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon — that will outlast many neighboring empires. Phoenicia is about building an empire worthy of an entry into the annals of time. You must build up your economy and increase your population whilst holding all others at bay. You will be challenged by your neighboring countries to the next technology advancement …

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[4 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
Mythic Battles (Video Review)

Mythic Greece is in chaos: Athena and Hades are at war and have sent their greatest heroes to battle. Take on the role of these generals out of legend, leading fantastic armies and lead your troops to victory!

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[28 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
Sword of Rome (Video Review)

This time, event cards and point-to-point maneuver enable up to four players to recreate the vicious struggles among the peoples of Italy and Sicily in 4th and 3rd Centuries BC.

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[25 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
Pantheon (Video Review)

The surrounding civilizations offer rich booty and the Gods support those who worship them and build great monuments to their glory.

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[16 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
Maharaja (Video Review)

The map depicts
the Indian sub-continent from the foothills of the Himalayas to the island of Sri Lanka
(aka Ceylon, Serendib).