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Caesar In Gallia: Conquest On The Ancient Frontier box art
1993 Ranked #12,881

Caesar In Gallia: Conquest On The Ancient Frontier

Strategic historical wargame has Roman and Gallic forces contest the conquest of Gaul across a broad frontier. Legions, fleets, warbands, and allied troops give each side distinct means to secure control.

Wargames Ancient Wargame Hexagon Grid Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

3.07/5

Rating

6.91

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Caesar in Gallia is a two player wargame covering Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The game is strategic in scale, with units representing Roman legions, fleets, barbarian warbands and allied troops.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Caesar in Gallia is a two player wargame covering Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The game is strategic in scale, with units representing Roman legions, fleets, barbarian warbands and allied troops. The mapsheet, overlaid with a hexagonal grid, covers an area corresponding approximately to Britain. France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and parts of Africa. An off-board box is used to represent the Italian homeland. Game components consist of a mapsheet, counters, rules and game charts.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Ancient Wargame

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid

Family

5
Ancient: Rome History: Roman â?? Gallic Wars Magazine: Strategy & Tactics Players: Two-Player Only Games Series: Ancient Wars (Strategy and Tactics)

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
300 min
Complexity
3.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Joseph Miranda

Publishers

1
Decision Games (I)