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Year Published
2008
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
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Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
0 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
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Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
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Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Ancient Battles Deluxe
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Description Edit | History

With grim-faced determination and sharpened sword, lead your troops through the greatest battles of history using the simple maneuver and combat mechanics that allow you engage in the decisive missile and melee combat that is Ancient Battles Deluxe.

Here players will find more than a great game, but a complete system using standardized pieces and rules that allows hearty warriors to recreate any number of pre-gunpowder and early-gunpowder era battles in a compact playing area over a short time.

Do you have what it takes to command an army in a desperate situation? Will your leadership be able to advance your line in good order or resist the shock of a barbarian charge? If your units falter and break, will you be able rally them once more unto the line, or will your army disintegrate into abject panic? Show us what it takes to maintain good order and cohesion amidst the chaos of battle long enough to vanquish the foe, break their spears asunder, and to stand gloriously amid the field of battle victorious!

Time scale: Each Game Turn equals 45 minutes.
Unit scale: Dozens to hundreds of men, beasts and equipment.

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Game Components:

  • Two 11" x 17" full color game maps
  • One 12-page, illustrated, color rules book
  • 261 full-color, mounted, die-cut square and round game pieces
  • Four scenario listing / game setup sheets
  • Two player aid sheets
  • One page of Designers Notes

Battles Included:

  • Kadesh (Hittites vs Egyptians, 1288 BC)
  • Leuctra (Thebes vs Sparta, 371 BC)
  • Chaeronea (Macedonia vs Thebes, 338 BC)
  • Granicus (Macedonia vs Persia, 334 BC)
  • Legnano (Barbarosa vs Pope Alexander III, 1176 AD)
  • Hattin (Crusaders vs Saladin, 1187 AD)
  • Arsouf (Saladin vs Richard the Lionheart, 1191 AD)
  • Bannockburn (Edward of England vs Robert the Bruce, 1314 AD)

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1 Ancient Battles Deluxe Vassal Module v1.1
Here is an authorized Vassal module of Victory Point Games 'Ancient Battles Deluxe'. This is Vassal module verison 1.1. It now contains counters, maps and scenarios for the Base game and the first three expansion kits: 'Elephants at War', 'Hell's Horsemen' and 'Strange Ordnance'.
2009-05-17
1 Reaction Movement Optional Rule
FINAL VERSION. Download this one, and not the two listed below. I believe this to be the final draft of the Reaction Move. I've playtested this quite a few times and it really seems to be smooth and feel like its part of the regular game. It clearly does not dominate play, but certainly makes you plan your moves a bit more carefully in terms of the order in which you do things. The format of this also looks better than prior versions. I tried to use colors consistent with the regular rules, and I cleaned up the wording in a number of places. Enjoy! (...and of course, as luck would have it, there was one little error. Please change the single reference to an "AP" about midway down the document so that it instead says "CP." I don't think this one little bit of proofreading folly...
2009-04-29
4 ABD Counter Mix
Version 1.1 of Ancient Battles Deluxe Counter Mix. Version 1.1 adds the number of units in Expansion 3 "Strange Ordinance".
2009-01-08
4 Map B redrawn with HexDraw
High res 400dpi so you can print in larger format and laminate.
2008-11-05
2 Map A redrawn with HexDraw
High res 400dpi so you can print in larger format and laminate.
2008-11-04
2 Illustrator template to create your own maps
This is an Illustrator file to be used as a template to create your own maps.
2008-10-30
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