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Soldier King

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1982 · 2-4 players · 180min · weight 2.04 · 124 ratings

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ID
4794
Name
Soldier King
Year
1982
Rank
18669
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
180
Min playtime
180
Max playtime
180
Avg weight
2.0435
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.52203
Average
6.02742
Users rated
124
Num owned
312
Wanting
6
Wishing
13
Num comments
79
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:36:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Area MovementDice RollingSimulation
Categories (2)
Age of ReasonWargame
Description (854 chars)

"Soldier King is a game for two to four players covering the war of succession in a leaderless empire. Each player controls one army and must struggle through diplomacy and conquest to capture a majority of the Imperial electoral cities, thus assuring his election as Emperor." "Movement of armies is from point to point along roads and waterways, thus emphasizing the key role played by lines of communications in the 1700's, the age of the soldier kings. Each turn covers one season of campaigning, and each unit presents 10,000-20,000 troops. Infantry, light cavalry and heavy cavalry units perform their own key roles in battle, and a system of promoting units after battles allows for a gradual improvement of armies from green levies to battle-hardened guards" (from box back) Containing: two 17x22 maps, 320 die cut counters, rules & 2 dice

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.