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The Great Battles of Alexander: Macedonian Art of War

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2015 · 1-4 players · 240min · weight 3.72 · 264 ratings

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ID
176596
Name
The Great Battles of Alexander: Macedonian Art of War
Year
2015
Rank
3837
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
3.7222
Num weights
18
Bayes avg
5.75937
Average
8.32448
Users rated
264
Num owned
1161
Wanting
48
Wishing
163
Num comments
109
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulation
Categories (2)
AncientWargame
Description (1598 chars)

The Great Battles of Alexander - Macedonian Art of War Expanded Deluxe Edition (2015, Fourth Printing) is the first volume of the multi-volume Tactical level famous board-wargame Great Battles of History series, with the latest and updated 5th Edition game rules made by Mark Herman & Richard Berg. Available Battles (19 in total): Scenario Book (12): Erigon Valley (358 BC) Crocus Fields (352 BC) Chaeronea (338 BC) Lyginus (335 BC) Pelium (355 BC) Granicus (334 BC) Issus (333 BC) Gaugamela (331 BC) Crossing the Jaxartes (329 BC) Samarkand (329/328 BC) Arigaeum (327 BC) Hydaspes (326 BC) Phalanx Module (2): Sellasia (221 BC) Mantinea (207 BC) Diadochoi Module (4): Paraetacene (317 BC) Gabiene (316 BC) Gaza (312 BC) Ipsus (301 BC) Raphia Module (1): Raphia (217 BC) The Second Printing (2023) adds the Tyrant Module with the following Battles: Himera, 480BC Second Himera, 409BC Akragas, 406BC Gela, 405BC Cabala, 377BC Cronium, 376BC Crimissos River, 341BC Abolus River, 338BC Mount Ecnomious, 311BC White Tunis, 310BC Tunis, 307BC Lilybaeum, 276BC (the box front still says 19 Battles, but the back side indicates that Tyrant is included). Game Scale Details: Unit: 100 men per unit strength point Time: 20 minutes per game turn Map: 70 yards per hexagon

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LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

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