VAE VICTUS BOARD GAME #41: Fields of Battle II

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Second volume of the new edition of Fields of Battle takes us from the end of the Roman Republic to the beginning of the Empire. Covers the wars against Mithridates VI Eupator the King of Pontus, the conquest of Gaul by Caesar, the civil wars of the First and Second Triumvirates, and the wars against Parthia.

Largely inspired by an English rule for miniatures called De Bellis Multitudinis, many battles of antiquity can be fought with between 20 to 30 counters per side. Six army lists and five scenarios: Chaironeia (86 BC.), Bibactre (58 BC), Pharsalus (48 BC), Philippi (42 BC), and Taurus (39 BC).

Game components:
* One 59 x 41 cm map
* 216 die-cut double-sided counters
* One rulebook including scenarios
* Two sheets of overlays to be cut
* One color player aid