Wargames based on biblical times
Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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I'm looking for help here. I'm curious about games set in biblical times. I'm listing a few I am aware of, but I have not played any of them. Let me know if you feel any of these are worth picking up, and by all means add other games to the list. I'm thinking Old Testament biblical times here. Chariots, javelins and light infantry. 500BC and before. Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, etc.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Yet to be released. When will this be out? Any play testers out there?
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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I actually owned this one back in the '70s, but never got it to the table. I seem to recall it was fairly well thought of at the time.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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This one would seem perfect for what I am looking for, and card-driven to boot. However, session reports that talk about taking hours to play a single turn make me cautious. Are there good scenarios? It wouldn't take much to talk me into this one.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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I like the looks of the artwork on this one, especially the counters. Is this truly a wargame, a Euro, or something in between?
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Coming in issue #21 of Against the Odds. I'll be keeping my eyes on this one.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Published by Vae Victus. Can you get translations for their game rules, charts, etc.?
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Another magazine game on Kadesh. Is the upcoming ATO game a republishing of this one? I noticed the designer was the same.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Here's one I missed the first time around. An early S&T with a tactical biblical game.
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Chris Brown
United States
Falls Church
Virginia
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OMG They Killed Kenny
Canada
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The 'Prestags' 'remake' of Armageddon.
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Jim Marshall
United Kingdom
York
North Yorkshire
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This and its follow up companion Ancients 2 took a pretty simple base system and tweaked to suit a large number of pre-gunpowder battles. It's been a while since I played it, but I recall it being quick to play and fun. There were a number of biblical era scenarions (as well as Bannockburn etc.)
Rules were slightly vague, especially around forced retreats. I lost one game as my opponent's retreat path saw his retreating units slowly and mazily zigzagging across the map in the general direction of home - but still staying on the map by game end, so I coudn't claim them for victory! Given that I'm a Scot and was playing the Scots in Bannockburn, this was particularly annoying!
Mike (an Englishman!) agreed that while there was nothing actually prohibiting it, it wasn't in the spirit of the rules - but he did it anyway! We wrote up some house rules around retreating after that....
Ancients 2 was stand alone, but simply added more units, maps and scenarios to the system.
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Andrew Taubman
Australia
Sydney
NSW
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Never played or seen this one, but assuming "biblical times" means OT as well as NT, it surely counts.
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Elijah Lau
Singapore
Singapore
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A free to download game on King David's wars with Israel's enemies. This is a very simple generic game but it's not too bad. Despite being outnumbered eight against one, taking out the Israelities is not that easy in this game.
The game can be downloaded from the website below.
http://www.cke1st.com/m_games1.htm
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Elijah Lau
Singapore
Singapore
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A Christian "wargame" - Each player controls one or more Christian workers who start churches, help them grow, and protect them against false doctrines. Can be downloaded for free from http://www.cke1st.com/m_games1.htm
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15.
Board Game: Chariot Wars
[Average Rating:7.17 Unranked]
[Average Rating:7.17 Unranked]
D Conklin
United States
North Carolina
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If you're into Warhammer Ancient Battles, this supplement would work for Biblical times.
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Andreas Johansson
Sweden
Linköping
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
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Card-driven multiplayer wargame set in the Late Bronze Age Middle East. It's (allegedly) to be released this year.
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"Swifter than eagles" is a supplement to the "Field of Glory" minature warmage rules. It features bronze age and early iron age armies of the biblical middle east.
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Jeff Curtis
United States
Plainfield
Indiana
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Great Battles of History entry.
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