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Ancients I

#6399BGG ↗

1992 · 1-2 players · 90min · weight 1.91 · 126 ratings

v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —

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ID
6399
Name
Ancients I
Year
1992
Rank
13227
Min players
1
Max players
2
Playing time
90
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
1.913
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.54978
Average
6.46024
Users rated
126
Num owned
277
Wanting
9
Wishing
26
Num comments
60
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridRatio / Combat Results TableSimulation
Categories (3)
AncientMedievalWargame
Description (696 chars)

Ancients I has 32 different scenarios, each covering a battle from the period 1800 B.C. to 1400 A.D. Sequence of Play: Remove Leaders Check for Panic Reinforcements Movement Leaders Combat Rally The armies represented include: Hittites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Spartans, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Carthaginians, Ancient Britons, Goths, Saxons, Viking, Normans, Crusaders, Muslims, Mongols, English, Scots and French. Rated by designer / publisher as: low Complexity and very high Solitaire Suitability Re-implements: Ancients Expanded by: Ancients II Re-implemented by: Ancient Battles Deluxe: From Guts to Gunpowder

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.