SPQR (1992)

This game contains counters and maps that allow the reproduction of five battles of warfare in the Roman Republic. The mechanics allow leaders to activate units within their command range in order to rout or destroy the other player's army.

Volume II in GMT Games' Great Battles of History Series.

Contains:
5 Battles
2 doublesided maps
3.5 counter sheets
Rules for SPQR

Battles:
• Beneventum
• Bagradas
• Cannae
• Zama
• Cynocephalae

Expansion Modules:

• War Elephant: Introducing Hellenized Eastern armies to the system; Raphia (217 BCE) & Magnesia (190 BCE)
• Consul for Rome: More 2nd Punic War; Trebbia (218 BCE) & Metaurus (207 BCE)
• Pyrrhic Victory: More battles from the war between Rome and Pyrrhus of Epirus; Heraclea (280 BCE) & Ausculum (279 BCE)
• Africanus: The Young Scipio (soon-to-be Africanus) at Baecula (208 BCE) and Ilipa (206 BCE)
• Jugurtha: the Battle of Muthul River (109 BCE) can be played using either SPQR and manipular Legions, or Great Battles of Caesar and cohort Legions
• Barbarian: Battles from the Early Republic

GMT's C3i magazine and their SPQR Players Guide are good sources for more scenarios and modules. Look under "More Information" for more module/scenario information.

Re-developed in:

• SPQR (Deluxe Edition)

Awards

1992: Origins Awards Winner, Best Pre-20th Century Boardgame.

1992: Charles S. Roberts awards, Best Pre-World War II Boardgame

Other Scenarios & Modules:

Hammer of God (Part 1), 167-160 BC, three battles from the Maccabean Revolt, from C3i #2

Hammer of God (Part 2), 167-160 BC, three more battles from the Maccabean Revolt, from C3i #3

Battle of the Great Plains, 203 BC, Scipio vs Numidians from C3i #4

Battle of Dertosa, 215 BC, from C3i #4

Alexander in Italy, a hypothetical 2-game Module in C3i #5 (Great Battle of Alexander and Pyrrhic Victory needed)

Battle of Castulo, 211 BC, the end of Publius Scipio, from C3i #5

Battle of Telamon, 225 BC, the Celtic War, from C3i #6

Mago: Youngest of the Lion's Brood, Mago Barca in the 2nd Punic War, from C3i #6

Truceless War, 241-238 BC, from C3i #7

Sword of Rome, 4 battles from 222-210 BC featuring Claudius Marcellus in the Celtic War and 2nd Punic War, from C3i #8

Caralis: The Battle for Sardinia, 215 BC, from C3i #9

Equus, Cavalry engagements from the 2nd Punic War, from C3i #10

Pyrrhus in Sicily, from C3i #14

Mercenary: Land Warfare in the 1st Punic War, Battles of Agrigentum and Adys, 262 & 256 BC, from C3i #16

The Sicilian Campaign in the 2nd Punic War, the Battle of Himeras River, from C3i #17

Hannibal's First Battle, Tagus River, 220 BC, from C3i #18, [Tagus River, SPQR Module]

Battle of Grumentum, 207 BC, from C3i #21

Battle of Veseris, the Latin War, 340 BC, by Steve Jackson

Road to Beneventum, Pyrrhus vs Rome 275 BC, by Frederic Bey (translated by Dave Townsend) , from Vae Victis 1

GMT's SPQR Players Guide is another good source for more scenarios.

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