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Expansion for Commands & Colors: Ancients
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II
2009
Rules assistance for Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
Rules assistant for Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II
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Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II is an expansion for Commands & Colors: Ancients released in 2009 for 2–8 players and 60 minutes per game. It was designed by Richard Borg and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Dice Rolling, and Modular Board.
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About the game
Commands & Colors: Epic Ancients II is the fifth expansion for the Commands & Colors: Ancients game. Commands & Colors: Epic Ancients II - allows experienced players the opportunity to fight historical ancient battles on an Epic scale. The Command & Colors: Epic Ancient rules are not overly complex, nor do they change the way the basic game system works. The Epic game allows up to eight friends to experience the competitive fun of an Epic size Ancients battle, but Epic Ancients is excellent as a two player game where opponents want to take a little extra time with a battle. This expansion contains the following materials: • Second Edition Commands & Colors: Ancients Epic Rule Book • 1 Special Deck of 100 Command cards, modified for Epic play. • 12 Epic Ancients battles on six 11x17 battle cards • 2 wooden card holders The battle cards are double-sided durable and easy to read 11x17 inch card stock sheets containing 12 Epic battles. Typo Note: Bagradas is shown requiring 7 banners for a victory. It should be 14 banners. Important: In order to play the scenarios in the Commands & Colors: Epic Ancients II expansion, you will need a copy of the basic Commands & Colors: Ancients game and the other expansions, especially Expansion #1 Greece and the Eastern Kingdoms. The other expansions will be very useful: Expansion #2 Rome vs The Barbarians, and Expansion #3 The Roman Civil Wars.
Editions
- Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients IIenGMT Games2009
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- GMT Games
Questions and answers
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II is 60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II has a complexity rating of 2.3 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II belongs to these categories: Wargame, Ancient, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Dice Rolling, and Modular Board. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II are: Richard Borg. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #5 – Epic Ancients II as an expansion for Commands & Colors: Ancients. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Commands & Colors: Ancients to use it. Check that your edition of Commands & Colors: Ancients is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.