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Expansion for Commands & Colors: Ancients
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars
2014
Rules assistance for Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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Rules assistant for Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars is an expansion for Commands & Colors: Ancients released in 2014 for 2 players. It was designed by Richard Borg and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Dice Rolling, and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
A combined reprint of Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #2 – Rome vs the Barbarians and Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion Pack #3 – The Roman Civil Wars with all of the individual components (separate scenario books, etc.) of those products, but without the boards originally included with them.
Editions
- Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil WarsenGMT Games2018
- Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil WarsenGMT Games2014
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- GMT Games
Questions and answers
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil 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.
Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars 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 Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars belongs to these categories: Wargame, Ancient, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Dice Rolling, and Hexagon Grid. 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 Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars 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 Expansions #2 and #3 – Rome vs the Barbarians; The Roman Civil Wars 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.