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With It Or On It is the first wargame in the Shields & Swords Ancients series. Like its Medieval era cousin Shields & Swords, this series takes a broad brush approach to simulating battles, this time of the Ancient period, with an emphasis on speed and playability. While the basi...
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
?+
Weight
2
Rating
7.80
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Catan has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies frequently. While there is some cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, Catan has a good level of player interaction.
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High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
Catan has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies frequently. While there is some cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, Catan has a good level of player interaction.
Catan 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 game offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Catan has a solid replayability score of 7.8 out of 10.
With It or On It has a moderate level of luck influence. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, luck still plays a significant role. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
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With It Or On It is the first wargame in the Shields & Swords Ancients series. Like its Medieval era cousin Shields & Swords, this series takes a broad brush approach to simulating battles, this time of the Ancient period, with an emphasis on speed and playability. While the basic philosophy and the core system of using Command Markers to activate Wings remains the same, each game in this Ancients line is designed from the ground-up to incorporate elements specific to its period and style of warfare. This first game looks at six battles fought during the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Hoplite units that are attacking may use the Combat Class of the best hoplite in the line, giving them an advantage over heavy and light infantry formations. As a result of combat, units become exhausted, but these results may be distributed elsewhere in the line - a break occurs when there are no fresh units that can satisfy the result. Break the enemy line at the right time in the right place, and it will crumble in a disastrous rout. Maintaining pressure on the enemy while managing the morale of your own men is crucial to deciding the battle, and with it, the fate of empires.
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