Ludus Gladiatorius (2005)

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Designer	Doug Cowie
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Publisher	em4miniatures
Year Published	2005
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 3 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
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Category	Ancient Fighting Miniatures
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Simultaneous Action Selection
Expansion	Ludus Gladiatorius 2
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Family	Gladiators The Roman Empire
Primary Name	Ludus Gladiatorius
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A small gladiatorial combat game with 5 pre-painted miniatures, an arena play sheet, and special dice. Players pit gladiators against each other in battle; each fighter comes with a number of special moves that can be selected at the start of the turn. Last man standing wins.

Expansion Set Available (also playable stand-alone)
Ludus Gladiatorius 2 - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/30111

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Year: 2005

Size: 4.53 x 8.70 x 1.54 inches

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1	General Do i need LG 1 to play LG 2	2012-02-15	Wade Heat	2
5	General Looking for animals for the arena!	2011-02-06	beardo1976	1
11	Sessions House Nelson vs. House Carter - Five game Mini Campaign	2011-01-31	beardo1976	2
1	Rules Missing English rules	2009-11-16	Myszak	1
3	Reviews A Review of the Miniatures	2009-06-09	Yokiboy	0
3	General Vassal module for online gaming	2009-05-12	Bayernkini	2
1	General HEX dimensions	2007-12-14	Caesar	4
3	Variants New Gladiators STATS	2007-04-14	Caesar	15
9	Reviews Extremely light Beer and Pretzels. Am I missing something?	2006-05-01	leprejuan	2
2	Reviews Game contents & review	2005-08-27	gschmidl	4

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6	Ludus Gladiatorius 2 Reviews A Review of the Miniatures	2009-06-10	Yokiboy	2
7	Ludus Gladiatorius 2 Reviews The Lion - a great addition to LG2	2009-03-03	Caesar	0
2	Ludus Gladiatorius 2 General So, how does it add to Ludus 1?	2009-02-18	jefflum	5
1	Ludus Gladiatorius 2 Rules Campaign System	2007-12-14	Caesar	5

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Ludus Gladiatorius Campaign

A short five game campaign played out in one evening.

beardo1976

2011-06-29

Ludus Gladiatorius FAQ

An official FAQ based on answers from the designer in the game's Yahoo Group.

Yokiboy

2009-06-18

Full Italian Cardset - Gladiators (Series 1)

All the cards necessary to play.

Caesar

2007-12-20

Recensione.pdf

Italian Rules - Regolamento Italiano (translated by Caesar)

Caesar

2007-04-02

Ludus_CARTE_retro.pdf

Full Cardset back - ready to print (by Caesar)

Caesar

2007-04-02

Ludus_CARTE_iniziativa.pdf

Full Cardset ready to print - initiative (by Caesar)

Caesar

2007-04-02

Ludus_CARTE_gladiatori_v2.pdf

Full Cardset Italian - ready to print (by Caesar)

Caesar

2007-04-02

Dadi_v2.pdf

Sticky Die Face to stick on real die (by Caesar)

Caesar

2007-04-02

Ludus Gladiatorius-Player Aid.doc

Player Aid for the Basic Game

jcarvin

2006-02-24

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Num Ratings	25
Average Rating	6.84
Average Weight	1.75

Num Owned	67
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Wishlist	16
Comments	11
Year Published	2007

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