Ancient · Civil War

SPARTACVS

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2 players300 minages 12heavy difficulty

About the game

What is SPARTACVS

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"Spartacus" is a two player, card-driven, point-to-point wargame simulation pitting a loose coalition of forces under Sertorius against the Roman Republic as restructured under Sulla and his lieutenants.

As the Sertorian coalition, your objective is to force the Republic into collapse in order to rebuild it as it was before the Sullans changed the constitution. This is done through putting pressure on the Republic by territorial conquests, by exacerbating the tensions in the Republic, forcing it to utilize the services of new, potential Sullas to counter your armies in the field, or by taking Rome itself!

As the Republic, you must defeat and neutralize Sertorius quickly, before he can conclude an alliance with Mithradates VI and cause a two-front war. However, the levying of too many troops to fight the enemy coupled with the utilization of ambitious generals can bring on the very circumstances you are trying to avoid, collapse of the Republic. In addition, care must be taken with Italy itself because in the background, civil war looms in the guise of Lepidus, and even worse, a slave revolt under the able gladiator-leader, Spartacus.

Specs

Game details

Players: 2
Age: +12
Duration: 300 min
Difficulty: Heavy
Type: Board game
Year: 2008
Mechanics: Campaign / Battle Card Driven · Point to Point Movement · Simulation
Categories: Ancient · Civil War · Political
Designer: John B. Firer
Publisher: Compass Games