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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition

GMT Games · 1995
1–4240 min12+ yrs3.6/5 complexity7.7 BGG#3.139 BGG2,1 KStrategy
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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles from the original game and the Juggernaut module, plus five additional battles ...

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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles from the original game and the Juggernaut module, plus five additional battles ... ten in all. The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition is virtually the complete history of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian art of war.

Game features:

 Third Edition rules, with many changes and additions 
 New maps for The Granicus and Chaeronea, plus an expanded Gaugamela map 
 Armies for the Danubian tribes, Illyrians, Greeks, Persians, Scythians, and Indians 
 Eighteen new Macedonian Commanders 
 New Restricted Line Command system for Persians, Indians and Greeks 
 Wing Commanders and Macedonian Contingent Commanders 
 Cavalry Shock Formations: The Companion Wedge and the Thessalian Diamond 
 The Persian Immortals and Kinsmen, Macedonian artillery, cataphracted cavalry ... and cataphracted elephants!

Components:

 720 full-color two-sided counters (43 full-color two-sided double-size counters)
 Three full-color double-sided 22x34" map sheets
 One 10-sided die 
 32-page Rule Book 
 24-page Scenario Book 
 Player Aid Cards: Two 8.5x11" cards showing game charts & tables

TIME SCALE: 20 minutes per turn MAP SCALE: 70 yards per hex UNIT SCALE: 100 men per strength point NUMBER OF PLAYERS: One to four

game anatomy
Complexity3.6 / 5
BGG rating7.7 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
240 min
Players
1–4
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#3.139
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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition is played by 1–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition take?
A game of The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition takes about 240 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition for?
The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition?
The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.6 out of 5.
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