PULSE OF BATTLE 1500BC - 500AD

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Covers ancient massed combat, roughly the classical ancient period from 1500 BC to 500 AD, using the basic Field of Battle 2nd Edition mechanics, with the capabilities of ancient armies blended into the rule system.

Card Sequence Decks randomize the turn sequence, and allow scenario designers to add special twists to the sequence by inserting unique cards. The fog of war is accounted for by the same Sequence Decks, as players find themselves managing the chaos of battle instead of plotting their next chess or checkers style moves.

Games of 20 unit melee-intensive armies can be completed in around 1 1/2 hours; smaller and larger games vary accordingly. Historical Period Notes are compact military histories that are included for each of 14 periods:

Chariots
* In the Days of Megiddo and Qadesh
* Assyrian Wars

Spears and Pikes
* Greek and Persian Wars
* Wars of the Greek City States
* Alexander's Wars
* Wars of the Diadochi

Early Rome
* 2nd Punic War
* Rome's Rise in the east
* The Wars of Julius Caesar

Imperial Rome
* Conquest and Empire
* Imperial Crises and Decline
* The Late Romans

China
* Han Chinese
* China Divided