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De Bellis Multitudinis: Wargames Rules For Ancient And Medieval Battles – 3000 Bc To 1500 Ad box art
1993 Ranked #7,132

De Bellis Multitudinis: Wargames Rules For Ancient And Medieval Battles – 3000 Bc To 1500 Ad

An ancient and medieval miniatures ruleset in which players assemble point-based armies for historical battles. Element-based forces span millennia, allowing large formations of figures to fight under a moderately abstract system.

Wargames Ancient Book Measurement Movement Simulation

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.94/5

Rating

6.68

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

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?

A moderately abstract set of Ancient and Medieval miniatures rules. This ruleset is the bigger brother of De Bellis Antiquitatis: Quick Play Wargame Rules with Army Lists for Ancient and Medieval Battles.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Measurement Movement

Measure physical distance to determine how far pieces may move.
Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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A moderately abstract set of Ancient and Medieval miniatures rules. This ruleset is the bigger brother of De Bellis Antiquitatis: Quick Play Wargame Rules with Army Lists for Ancient and Medieval Battles. It covers the same time period (3000 BC - 1500 AD) through four volumes of army list books. Armies are typically built to 300-500 points, and can encompass anywhere between 150 and 400 figures grouped onto individual elements.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

5
Ancient Book Medieval Miniatures Wargame

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Measurement Movement Simulation

Family

4
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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
180 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Philip C. Barker Richard Bodley Scott

Publishers

1
Wargames Research Group