| Commands & Colors: Ancients depicts warfare from the Dawn of Military History (3000 BC) to the opening of the Middle Ages (400 AD). Quite an ambitious undertaking for one game, yet Commands & Colors by design is a unique historical game system which allows players to effectively portray, stylized battles from this time in history. The 13 battles, showcased in the scenario booklet, although stylized, focus on important terrain features and the historical deployment of forces in scale with the game system. The battles include Bagradas, Cannae, and Zama.
Commands & Colors: Ancients is the masterpiece design by Richard Borg. It uses a gaming system he calls Commands & Colors, which captures the game play in a nutshell: players alternate issuing commands to their forces (choosing from among a group of command cards held in the hand), using the commands to move, battle and capture battle flags from units of the other side.
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