Table feel
Antike Duellum has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
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Antike Duellum
Antike Duellum – previewed at Spiel 2011 under the name Casus Belli – is a two-player strategy game based on modified rules from Mac Gerdts' Antike. The game includes two scenarios: Punic Wars (Rome vs. Carthago) on one side of the board, and Persian Wars (Greeks vs. Persians) on...
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
13+
Weight
2.88
Rating
7.07
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Antike Duellum has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.9
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Antike Duellum offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, providing new content and gameplay elements. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is average, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the effort. Overall, Antike Duellum has a strong replayability score of 7.82.
Luck profile
Antike Duellum has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
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Antike Duellum – previewed at Spiel 2011 under the name Casus Belli – is a two-player strategy game based on modified rules from Mac Gerdts' Antike. The game includes two scenarios: Punic Wars (Rome vs. Carthago) on one side of the board, and Persian Wars (Greeks vs. Persians) on the other. The goal of the game is to be the first to gain nine ancient personages (Kings, Scholars, Generals, Citizens, Navigators). Examples of modified rules from Antike: Modular layout - when a player founds a city, he chooses whether it produces Iron, Marble, or Gold Over 20 event cards, which provide more variety in the game Town walls for individual protection of cities Each "Know-How" costs a different amount - for example, inventing the market is more expensive than inventing the wheel A new Know-How for trading goods with the bank Higher costs for legions and galleys - they are first recruited from the bank to the personal supply (paying gold) Easier rules for conquering cities with no movement of units Resource chips (Marble 18, Iron 18, Gold 18, Coins, 14) 46 cards. 24 tokens of value "1" for marble (8), iron (8) and gold (8) 18 tokens of value "2" for marble (6), iron (6) and gold (6) 12 tokens of value "5" for marble (4), iron (4) and gold (4) 14 coins Online Play Yucata (turn-based)
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Designers
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Mac Gerdts
Artists
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Marina Fahrenbach
Mac Gerdts
Alexander Jung
Publishers
1
PD-Verlag
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