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Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason

Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason

Clash of Arms Games · 2013Expansion
2–6120 min14+ yrs4.0/5 complexity8.8 BGG401CouplesStrategy
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For twenty years, the "Battles from the Age of Reason" (BAR) game series has been the ultimate gaming expression of mid-eighteenth century warfare.

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For twenty years, the "Battles from the Age of Reason" (BAR) game series has been the ultimate gaming expression of mid-eighteenth century warfare. The BAR games feature a highly detailed, realistic and interactive game system, gorgeous map and counter graphics, thorough research and exciting battles throughout Europe and America. However, because of rules depth, detail and period "elan", many gamers have been perplexed in learning the system. This Primer is designed as an illustrated learning tool to accompany and enhance the Third Edition BAR rules. This Primer features illustrated rules demonstrations, game tactics, learning modules and 280 upgrade and errata counters for previous BAR games.

This Battles from the Age of Reason Primer can be used with all BAR games and even with older rules sets, but is designed around the Third Edition BAR rules and ownership of Fontenoy is required for use of the "Learning Modules" sections.

It includes: 1-An introduction to BAR 2-Command Control 3-Formations 4-Fire Combat 5-Close Combat 6-Disorder 7-Morale 8-Basic BAR Tactics 9-Learning Modules & Exercises 10-Updating games to BAR v3 11-BARv3 errata, game support and credits

game anatomy
Complexity4.0 / 5
BGG rating8.8 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
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Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason is a age of reason game, for 2–6 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason support?
Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason take?
A game of Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason for?
Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason?
Primer: The Gamer's Source for Battles from the Age of Reason has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 4.0 out of 5.
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