The Barbarians (1981)

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Designer	S. Craig Taylor Neil Zimmerer
Artist	Chris White (I)
Publisher	Yaquinto
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2 − 3
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2, 3 players Recommended with 2, 3 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Ancient Wargame
Mechanic	Area Movement Dice Rolling
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Primary Name	The Barbarians
Alternate Names	The Barbarians
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This game includes two games.

In "Sack Rome" two or three players takes turns seeing how long it takes to capture Rome.

In "Mongol" two play and the Mongol attempts to occupy the civilized world in a set time.

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One of Yaquinto's square-spined "Album" games.

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The Barbarians

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Record album format

Publisher: Yaquinto

Artist: Chris White (I)

Year: 1981

Product Code: 2805

Size: 12.00 x 12.00 x 1.00 inches

0.88 pounds

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0	General My Sack Rome map is faded/battered	2012-01-23	Strings...	0
3	General Lost My Rules, any help?	2012-01-21	Arnie	6
2	Variants Caesar versus Pompey Variant	2010-02-21	Arnie	2
4	Variants Variant Counters Posted	2010-01-19	Arnie	3
4	Sessions Variant Counter Session	2010-01-17	Arnie	0
6	Sessions Death to the Mongols - Not!	2010-01-17	Arnie	3
3	General Sack and Pillage Rome	2010-01-10	Arnie	1
3	General Conquest Markers	2010-01-10	Arnie	0
4	General Update Counters	2010-01-07	Arnie	8
3	Sessions Death to the Mongols	2008-04-30	da pyrate	2

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Variant Counters Mongol and Sack Rome

Some variant counters posted separately from my update counters.

Arnie

2010-01-17

Updated Sack Rome Counters Per Original Game

New Counters for Sack Rome Game (no variants)

Arnie

2010-01-15

Updated Mongols Counters Per Original Game

New Counters for Mongol Game (no variants)

Arnie

2010-01-15

Barbarian (Sack Rome) play aid chart.doc

Barbarians/Sack Rome 1-page rules summary

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2002-11-10

Barbarian (Mongol) play aid chart.doc

Mongol 1-page rules summary

BoardGameGeek

2002-11-08

Barbariansmanifest.xls

Counter manifest, odds calculations

BoardGameGeek

2002-11-08

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