Kadesh: Mobile Warfare in the Ancient Middle East (1991)

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Designer	Gene Dickens
Artist	Sawshun Yamaguchi
Publisher	Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. XTR Corp
Year Published	1991
# of Players	2
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Playing Time	120 minutes
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The battle between Egyptians and Hittites, 1285 BC. This game simulates the battle with a unique "chaotic" game system. Beautiful counters. Very Atmospheric war game.

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From Command Magazine #7 - 1991. Also published in Command Magazine Japan #67 in 2005.
Redeveloped as Day of the Chariot: Kadesh.

Extra counters included in Command Magazine #7 for :

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1990: Charles S. Roberts awards, Best Pre-World War II Boardgame

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Kadesh Errata

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ATO's announcement about Dickens' rewrite of his game.

http://www.atomagazine.com/pipeline.html

2006-01-19