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The Great Battles Of Alexander: Deluxe Edition

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover...

Players

1-4

Time

?-?

Age

12+

Weight

3.62

Rating

7.70

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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition 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 and turns. However, there is a lower emphasis on cooperation in the game. Overall, the game has a strong interaction score.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.7

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 3.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition 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 and turns. However, there is a lower emphasis on cooperation in the game. Overall, the game has a strong interaction score.

Replay value

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition has a high replayability score, offering a great degree of variability, impactful expansions, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. While it may take some time to learn, the game provides a fresh and engaging experience each time it is played.

Luck profile

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition 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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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles from the original game and the Juggernaut module, plus five additional battles ... ten in all. The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition is virtually the complete history of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian art of war. Game features: Third Edition rules, with many changes and additions New maps for The Granicus and Chaeronea, plus an expanded Gaugamela map Armies for the Danubian tribes, Illyrians, Greeks, Persians, Scythians, and Indians Eighteen new Macedonian Commanders New Restricted Line Command system for Persians, Indians and Greeks Wing Commanders and Macedonian Contingent Commanders Cavalry Shock Formations: The Companion Wedge and the Thessalian Diamond The Persian Immortals and Kinsmen, Macedonian artillery, cataphracted cavalry ... and cataphracted elephants! Components: 720 full-color two-sided counters (43 full-color two-sided double-size counters) Three full-color double-sided 22x34" map sheets One 10-sided die 32-page Rule Book 24-page Scenario Book Player Aid Cards: Two 8.5x11" cards showing game charts & tables TIME SCALE: 20 minutes per turn MAP SCALE: 70 yards per hex UNIT SCALE: 100 men per strength point NUMBER OF PLAYERS: One to four

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Designers

2
Richard H. Berg Mark Herman

Artists

2
Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch

Publishers

1
GMT Games