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Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV

Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV

GMT Games · 1993Expansion
2240 min3.1/5 complexity7.6 BGG461KidsCouplesStrategy
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"Pyrrhic Victory recreates the first two battles that the Epirote mercenary (and would-be Alexander of the West) Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, fought against the slowly but inexorably expanding Republic of Rome.

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"Pyrrhic Victory recreates the first two battles that the Epirote mercenary (and would-be Alexander of the West) Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, fought against the slowly but inexorably expanding Republic of Rome. It was the first time the Roman legions faced the Macedonian tactical system, although the phalanx as a military formation was quite familiar to them. It was also the first time the Romans encountered elephants. Although Pyrrhus appears to have won both encounters (there is some disagreement about the end results at Ausculum), the Epirote casualty rate was so high that it led to the formation of the term 'Pyrrhic victory.'"

Battles:

Heraclea - 280 BC
Ausculum - 279 BC

Expansion module for the Great Battles of History (GBoH) series game SPQR.

game anatomy
Complexity3.1 / 5
BGG rating7.6 / 10
Vibe
KidsCouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
240 min
Players
2
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Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV take?
A game of Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV takes about 240 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6How complex is Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV?
Pyrrhic Victory: King Pyrrhus in Italy 280-279 B.C. – SPQR Battle Module IV has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.1 out of 5.

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