Designer	Mark Simonitch
Artist	Joe Amoral Mike Doyle Rick Gondeck Kurt Miller Mark Simonitch Show More »
Publisher	Avalon Hill Descartes Editeur Phalanx Games Deutschland Smart Ltd Valley Games, Inc. Wargames Club Publishing Show More »
Year Published	1996
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (80 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	150 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (30 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (36 voters) [poll]
Honors	2008 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Winner 2008 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Wargame Winner
Subdomain	Wargames (60 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Political Wargame
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Campaign / Battle Card Driven Dice Rolling Point to Point Movement Simulation Show More »
Expansion	Hamilcar: First Punic War
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Family	The Roman Empire Valley Games Tactics Line
Primary Name	Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Alternate Names	Annibale: Roma contro Cartagine Hannibal: Rom gegen Carthago Hannibal: Rome contre Carthage Ганнибал. Рим против Карфагена. 汉尼拔:罗马对迦太基漢尼拔:羅馬對迦太基
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This game uses the very popular card system which first appeared in Avalon Hill's We the People game to detail the struggle between Carthage's Hannibal and the Roman Republic in approximately 200 BC. Players use strategic-level cards for multiple purposes: moving generals, levying new troops/reinforcing existing armies, gaining political control of the provinces involved in the war, and generating historical events. If perchance two armies meet on the battlefield, a second set of cards is used to determine the winner. Ultimately both players seek victory by dominating both fronts: military and political.

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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage is #1 in the Valley Games Tactics Line.

The GENERAL Index Article List:

The GENERAL Vol.30,No.6
- Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage – “The causes and strategy of the Second Punic War” (Historical) Richard M. Berthold
- Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage – “Testimony to an epic struggle -A First look at Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage ” (Discussion) Mark Simonitch

The GENERAL Vol31 No 2
Series Replay - Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage Andrew R. Maly, Jeff Paull, Stuart K. Tucker

The GENERAL Vol 31, No 3
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage - "It's in the Deck - Roman Strategy in Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage" (Strategy) Chris A. Cornaghie and Butch Glankler
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage - "Carthage Must Be Destroyed... Not!" (Strategy) Karsten Engelmann
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage - "Battle Tactics in Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage" (Strategy) Michael Anchors

The GENERAL Vol.32,No.2
- Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage – “The First Punic War” (Variant) Alan R. Arvold
- Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage – “Rome Strikes Back” (Short Scenarios) Charles Bahl
- Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage – “Hannibal Seconds” (Variant) Andy Daglish

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Components (Valley Games edition)

22" x 32" Map
Rules Booklet
3 Sheets of die-cut playing pieces
- 86 Political Markers
- 66 Combat Units
- 14 Generals
- 13 City Markers
- 8 Tribe Markers (3 Carthaginian and 5 Neutral)
- 8 General Tokens
- 5 Siege / Subjugation Markers
- 1 Proconsul Marker
- 1 Siege Train Marker
- 1 Turn Marker
64 Strategy Cards
48 Battle Cards
14 Plastic Stands
2 6-sided Dice

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Year: 2007

Product Code: VLY401

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Year: 1998

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Hannibal hungarian rules

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balijan2

2011-11-21

Hannibal Rome vs Carthage Chinese Rule

Hannibal Rome vs Carthage Chinese Rule。

fslocalking

2010-11-24

Visualization

I like to process and memorize informations visualy. So I created this files showing card distribution per zone/city graphicaly.

BadPritt

2010-08-13

Universal Head HANNIBAL: ROME VS CARTHAGE Rules Summary & Reference

The Universal Head HANNIBAL: ROME VS CARTHAGE Rules Summary & Reference v1 (May10). Double-sided rules summary and single-sided turn reference sheet.

UniversalHead

2010-05-23

Reorganized Rules in Russian

Russian translation (with corrections and additions) of Reorganized Rules (Rules Summary V3.0) by Steven McDougall

Geomorpholog

2010-05-10

Dice Combat Variant for Hannibal: RvC

Adapted from the Washington's War combat system by Mark Herman.

mvinarcik

2010-03-23

Hannibal Reference sheet v1.6

All rules in one sheet with two sides. Every rule on the sheet refers to the related paragraph in the rulebook. UPDATED: v1.6

bomberclaad

2009-06-24

Just Another Hannibal - Rome vs. Carthage Player Aid v1.0

Changes (v1.1): - made correction re: victory conditions - reworded sections for more clarity - included notations for cross-referencing the manual

decumanusmaximus

2009-05-25

PDF version of my Hannibal "Generals Cards"

Wanted to make this great play aid available to those who don't have access to Microsoft Excel... Print out on cardstock, cut apart with scissors, and laminate (if desired). These cards put the leaders right in front of you, save table space, and are an attractive presentation of each general's forces. Just put CUs, Elephants, etc next to the general's picture. You can even shuffle the Roman leader cards and draw randomly to effect Roman consular elections.

dgeverett

2009-03-20

Rome Card Odds

Ever wondered how many Battle Cards you needed to have a 50% or 80% chance of winning a battle in Hannibal vs. Carthage? I ran simulations of battles to find the answer. Given a specified attacker, battle ratings for each general, and Carthage Battle Cards, I calculated how many Roman Battle cards would be required for the Roman player to win 50% of the time and 80% of the time respectively. To run the calculation, I played out each scenario 10,000 times with random hands drawn from the deck every time. Carthage General Battle Rating 4 assumes Hannibal (with Probe benefit) I assume each player plays their cards in order of what % of each card type they have. E.g. with 6 frontal assault and 5 Flank left, Flank left would be played first because it's a higher percent of that...

toccata

2009-03-15

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4 player Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage variant	http://theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/hanniba...	2012-03-25
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/1328.pdf	2011-12-10
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=1328&zoekcr...	2011-12-10
Why Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage is the best CDG ever published	http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/han...	2011-09-02
"Hannibal Ad Portas"* - Carthaginian Generals	http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/han...	2011-09-02
"Roman Generals" in Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage	http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/han...	2011-09-02
Two Bad Generals ... or, how to use Varro and Longus in Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage	http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/han...	2011-09-02
Session report on Ludocracy Now	http://ludocracynow.tumblr.com/post/7501756021/pla...	2011-07-11
German review at Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2010-05-07
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