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Alexander the Great

#1726BGG ↗

1971 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.61 · 450 ratings

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ID
1726
Name
Alexander the Great
Year
1971
Rank
9053
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.614
Num weights
57
Bayes avg
5.6065
Average
6.22278
Users rated
450
Num owned
1288
Wanting
9
Wishing
48
Num comments
256
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableSimulation
Categories (2)
AncientWargame
Description (779 chars)

Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela. Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Players take on the roles of Alexander the Great and King Darius III as the Macedonian army clashes with the Persian Host. Movement is hex based. Unit types include basic infantry, phalanxes, cavalry, chariots and elephants. The turn sequence is movement, defensive fire and melee. Combat is a dice roll cross-referenced on a probability table. A sliding morale track determines which table will be used for combat resolution. The game consists of a 22" x 28" map board, a sheet of 108 die cut counters, one Combat Results Table, and a 24-page rulebook. Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 5

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