Overview
At a glance
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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
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.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Income
Receive recurring resources according to your position, assets, or development.
Race
Compete to reach a destination, threshold, or objective before opponents.
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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)