Ancient Battles Deluxe Series #2

They rode swiftly across Eurasia over steppe and across plains under the Great Khan, or from Byzantium in armor as Cataphracts. Man, beast, and bow have long been weapons of shock and maneuver. Now you can find out as you re-write the pages of history's great battles like those featuring the massive Persian cavalry fomations at Thymbra (547 BC) and Platea (479 BC).

Charge to get your copy of this second Expansion Pack for Ancient Battles Deluxe.

Notice: This Expansion Kit is not a ‘stand alone’ game. To use it, you must own a copy of:

• Ancient Battles Deluxe
• Ancient Battles Deluxe Expansion Kit 1: Elephants at War

Number of Players: 2
Ages: 12 and up
Playing Time: approximately 1 hour
Complexity: 4 on a 9 scale
Solitaire Suitability: 6 on a 9 scale
Time scale: Each Game Turn equals 45 minutes
Unit scale: Dozens to hundreds of men, beasts and equipment

• One 8.5” x 11” color game map 'D'
• 80 color, 5/8" square counters, including horse archers, cataphract and camel cavalry
• 16 new scenarios

Battles Included:

   • Qarqar (Shalmanesar III vs Hadadezer, 853 BC)
   • Thymbra (Croesus vs Cyrus, 547 BC)
   • Marathon (Miltiades vs Datis, 490 BC)
   • Platea (Mardonius vs Pausanius, 479 BC)
   • Lake Trasimeno (Hannibal vs Flaminius, 217 BC)
   • 2nd Cynoscephalae (Philip V vs Flamininus, 197 BC)
   • Pharsalus (Julius Caesar vs Pompey, 48 BC)
   • Cibalae (Licinius vs Constantine, 315 AD)
   • Ad Decimum (Belisarius vs Gelimer, 533 AD)
   • Volturnus (Butilinus vs Narses, 554 AD)
   • Hastings (William vs Harold, 1066 AD)
   • Manzikert (Romanos IV vs Alp Arslan, 1071 AD)
   • Indus (Jelal Ad-Din vs Ghengis Khan, 1221 AD)
   • Liegnica (Henry vs Kadan, 1241 AD)
   • Falkirk (Edward I vs Wallace, 1298 AD)
   • Sempach (Leopold III vs Arnold von Winkelreid, 1386 AD)

Game Design: Mike Nagel
Art & Graphic Design: Alan Emrich
Playtesting: David Briggs, Bradley Boyles, Phil Carroll, Kim Meints, Dave Schubert

Standard Price: $16.95