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De Bellis Antiquitatis: Quick Play Wargame Rules with Army Lists for Ancient and Medieval Battles
#299BGG ↗1990 · 2-6 players · 300min · weight 2.79 · 721 ratings
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ID
299
Name
De Bellis Antiquitatis: Quick Play Wargame Rules with Army Lists for Ancient and Medieval Battles
Year
1990
Rank
3882
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
300
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
300
Avg weight
2.7941
Num weights
102
Bayes avg
5.8976
Average
7.33033
Users rated
721
Num owned
1147
Wanting
14
Wishing
116
Num comments
268
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
Action PointsDice RollingLine of SightMeasurement MovementModular BoardMovement TemplateSimulationVariable Set-up
Categories (6)
AncientBookMedievalMiniaturesRenaissanceWargame
Description (620 chars)
A flexible, fast-playing set of miniatures rules. An army consists of 12 units (called "elements"), classified as Blades, Warband, Knights and so forth. The rules are very simple (and can actually fit on one sheet of paper) but nevertheless pretty effective. The Fantasy version is Hordes of the Things, and the De Bellis Multitudinis: Wargames Rules for Ancient and Medieval Battles – 3000 BC to 1500 AD rules add more detail and significantly increase army size. De Bellis Renationis extends the time period through the end of the Renaissance (1700 AD) and Horse, Foot and Guns covers the period from 1701 to 1915.
LLM v2 (wide)
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LLM v3 (deep)
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