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Yarmuk box art
1997 Ranked #20,506

Yarmuk

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Medieval Wargame Hexagon Grid Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.56/5

Rating

6.02

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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?

Command magazine Issue #45, along with Operation Sea Lion. Yarmuk is a game on the epic battle for the Holy Land in 636 AD.

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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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Medieval Wargame

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid

Family

2
History: Early Muslim conquests Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Adrian McGrath Chris Smith

Publishers

1
XTR Corp

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