GAME CONTENTS
Three 1/2 inch & One 5/8 inch Counter Sheets
22x34 inch full-color Mapsheet
55 Event cards
Two 11 x 17 inch Player Aid Cards
Standard Rules Booklet
Advanced Rules Booklet
Two 6-sided dice
Two Combat Ratio Cards
GAME SCALE
Time: 25 years per turn.
Unit: Land unit = 4000-7000 men, Fleet unit: 25+galleys
Map: Point-to-Point system
How did Rome get to be Rome? Why did the Glory That Was Greece fade? What stopped Carthage from making an empire of the Mediterranean? Could the Seleucids really have conquered the western world?
These are a few of the questions you can explore in the exciting game, Pax Romana, designed for play by all levels of gamers, from the competition-oriented one-sitting players to the Let's Recreate History on a grand scale aficionados.
Pax Romana covers Europe from 300 BC through the end of the 1st century DC, when the Mediterranean was in a state of flux with four empires vying for supremacy. And it does so with a scale and system that is filled with decision-making tension but also highly accessible and easy to play. The emphasis is on strategic operations, from raising armies to colonizing outlying areas, to fighting barbarian incursions, to maintaining political stability at home.
Pax Romana uses a unique marker-oriented play sequence that provides surprise and opportunity, plus a deck of unusual cards that provide the historical background of events and calamities within which the players must operate.
Most important for gamers is the wide variety of scenarios provided, from fast-playing, one-sitting 2-player games to vivid recreations of the entire era with 4-players. The game works well with 2, 3 or 4 players, and is designed to be playable solitaire for those interested in the historical view it provides. Scenarios range from The Punic Wars, through the Eastern Med conflicts between the Greeks and the Seleucids, all the way up to the entire ten turn game, covering 300 years of history. In addition, there are two versions: The Standard Game, designed for fast play, and the Advanced version, which adds in much tangential history and allows for a more introspective examination of the era. |
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