2009 · Card Game

Battleground Historical Warfare: Second Punic War 218-201 BC

A historical wargame covering the Second Punic War that places Roman and Carthaginian armies on modular maps representing Italic and North African terrain. Players command army formations, maneuver units, and resolve combat using tactical cards and dice to recreate battles such as Trasimene, Cannae, and Zama. Scenarios set forces, victory conditions, and special rules for leaders, elephants, and terrain effects. Play emphasizes brigade-level maneuver, command and control, and asymmetric capabilities between Roman legions and Carthaginian contingents, allowing replay of Hannibal’s campaigns and Scipio’s counteroffensive.

groupPlayers

2

schedulePlaying time

90–180 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

2.3 / 5