Caesar's Legions
BGG rank
BGG #11,101
BGG rating
6.3

Caesar's Legions

1975

Rules assistance for Caesar's Legions

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

  • 2 players
  • 90 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.7/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Caesar's Legions

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Caesar's Legions is a board game released in 1975 for 2 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Don Greenwood and Loren K. Wiseman and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Variable Set-up, and Simultaneous Action Selection.

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About the game

Caesar's Legions is a medium complexity wargame simulating the Roman campaigns in Germany at the operational level. Players choose from 5 scenarios ranging from Caesar's own Germanic campaigns to the Batavian revolt of 70 AD. Movement is hex based. Tactical cards effect combat resolution which is dice based and cross-referenced on a probability table. Roman units are divided into cohorts. German units are divided into tribes and enjoy hidden movement when in forest terrain. The game consists of a 22" x 28" map board, over 400 counters (448 counters), playing aids, 16 tactical cards (2 sets of 1 - 8) and a 16-page rulebook.

Questions and answers

Caesar's Legions 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.