ALEXANDROS AND I AM SPARTACUS: Wargames

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These wargames originally appeared in Command magazine issue 10 in 1991 and issue 15 in 1992, garnering numerous Charles S. Roberts Award nominations and awards - Alexandros and I Am Spartacus. This expanded edition features both games along with three multiple expansions to round out this deluxe package with two full-size game maps and updated graphics throughout. Boxed with two dice.

Alexandros: Conquest & Empire
It covers all of Alexander's campaigns from 334 to 323 BC with one 34x22-inch area map, 180 counters, a playing time of about three to four hours, and low-medium complexity. One player commands the Macedonians and the other the Persians. It's easily adaptable for solitaire play. The area map is based on the province boundaries of those times, and game turns are quarterly. Combat can be fought tactically, using a separate battlefield display with units assigned to various sectors of the engagement. There are also special rules for besieging cities.

Play lasts a variable numbers of turns, depending on the course of the larger war. There are several ways to win, including the killing of enemy leaders and conquering a large mass of territory, which can end the game at any time. Otherwise, play continues to the summer of 323, when Alexander actually died historically. An optional rule allows play to go to 318. Also included: two expansions from Command Magazine: Successors: Clash of Generals, 323-301 BC and Xenophon: March of the Ten-Thousand, 401-400 BC.

I Am Spartacus: The Slave Rebellion Against Rome, 73-71 BC
This is a two-player (solitaire adaptable) simulation of the Third Servile War with one 34x22-inch area map, 180 counters, and low-medium complexity. Barring the capture of Rome by the Rebel player, or the capture of Spartacus by the Roman player, both of which are sudden death victories, the game is won on points for territorial control and other issues. At the end of 17 turns, the player with the most points wins. Also included: expansion from Command Magazine: Pyrrhic Victory: Legion vs Phalanx, 280-275 BC, and several historical and informational articles on the period.