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1982 Ranked #18,442

Siege At Peking

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame Post-Napoleonic Hexagon Grid Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.7/5

Rating

5.99

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

"Siege at Peking: A Clash of Imperial Forces" "A two player recreation of the Allied legation defense against the Boxer and Imperial forces of China . .

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Simultaneous Action Selection

Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description

"Siege at Peking: A Clash of Imperial Forces" "A two player recreation of the Allied legation defense against the Boxer and Imperial forces of China . . . the siege lasted from June 20 to August 14 in 1900. For fifty-five days the greatly outnumbered Allied troops fought a desperate defense without relief, marked by countless incidents of exceptional courage and cowardice." Published in The Wargamer Magazine number 21.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Post-Napoleonic Wargame

Mechanism

2
Hexagon Grid Simultaneous Action Selection

Family

5
Country: China History: Boxer Rebellion Magazine: The Wargamer Players: Two-Player Only Games Theme: Siege

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Dan Campagna

Publishers

1
3W (World Wide Wargames)

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