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1981 Ranked #12,785

The Alamo

Historical defense game has Texan volunteers hold the Alamo against a vastly larger Mexican force. Defeat is expected, so the central challenge is delaying the enemy and inflicting the greatest possible losses.

Wargames Wargame Post-Napoleonic Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.21/5

Rating

6.19

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

"183 grim-faced Texans volunteer for certain death to delay and decimate a besieging force of 2,000 highly trained Mexican regular infantry under the command of the ferocious Santa Anna." A fun fast paced game.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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"183 grim-faced Texans volunteer for certain death to delay and decimate a besieging force of 2,000 highly trained Mexican regular infantry under the command of the ferocious Santa Anna." A fun fast paced game. What could be better, Travis, Crockett, Bowie and their fellow Texans vs. a horde of Mexicans. As the Texans you know you are going to be wiped out, the question is how many Mexicans can you take with you?

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Post-Napoleonic Wargame

Mechanism

2
Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

6
Admin: Better Description Needed! Cities: San Antonio (Texas, USA) History: Texas Revolution Players: Two-Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Rules Supporting Only Twoâ?¦ States: Texas

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Eric Lee Smith

Artists

2
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

3
Decision Games (I) Hobby Japan SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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