Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars
BGG rating
7.5

Expansion for Basic Impetus

Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars

2017

Rules assistance for Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 60–180 min
  • 14+

Rules assistant for Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars is an expansion for Basic Impetus released in 2017 for 2 players, 60–180 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Lorenzo Sartori and its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.

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About the game

Basic Battles is a free to download experimental set to expand on Basic Impetus 2.0 rules for later periods, up to Colonial warfare, where one Unit roughly represents one brigade. It includes new rules and sample lists for: English Civil War, American War of Independence, Napoleonic, American Civil War, Anglo-Zulu War. —description from the publisher

Questions and answers

Basic Impetus Expansion: Basic Battles – From Renaissance to Colonial Wars supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.