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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

The Avalon Hill Game Co · 1971
2120 min12+ yrs2.6/5 complexity6.2 BGG#9.129 BGG1,3 KCouplesStrategy
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Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela. Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.

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official art · The Avalon Hill Game Co

Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela.

Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Players take on the roles of Alexander the Great and King Darius III as the Macedonian army clashes with the Persian Host.

Movement is hex based. Unit types include basic infantry, phalanxes, cavalry, chariots and elephants. The turn sequence is movement, defensive fire and melee. Combat is a dice roll cross-referenced on a probability table. A sliding morale track determines which table will be used for combat resolution.

The game consists of a 22" x 28" map board, a sheet of 108 die cut counters, one Combat Results Table, and a 24-page rulebook.

Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 5

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity2.6 / 5
BGG rating6.2 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
120 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#9.129

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Alexander the Great is played by 2 players.
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A game of Alexander the Great takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Alexander the Great for?
Alexander the Great is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Alexander the Great?
Alexander the Great has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.6 out of 5.
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