A Great Battles of History Module for Alesia.
An opportunity to game one of Julius Caesar’s rare losses. The Battle of Gergovia was Caesar's failed attempt to wipe out the threat of a large Gallic uprising by isolating and defeating a gathering of the Aedui, plus several other Gallic contingents, under their new chieftain, Vercingetorix.
The Gergovia module comes with its own map but uses, mostly, counters from Alesia, along with a few extra tribesmen counters. And while it uses Alesia rules, it is not a siege assault (for the most part), but a rather disconnected series of attacks, feints and mistakes. The terrain is not overly conducive to linear combat, the approach to Gergovia being fairly steep and somewhat rocky, but Caesar, Roman that he is, has already built two camps and a sunken trench for easy movement. Gergovia contains one full map, one small sheet of counters, and all rules needed for the battle.
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