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Expansion for CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C.
The Army without a General
2002
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- 2 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
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The Army without a General is an expansion for CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. released in 2002 for 2 players. It was designed by Stephen C. Jackson and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
An expansion for CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C., this module is found in RBM/GMT's C3i Magazine Nr14 and is available here. These scenarios detail Caesar's brief campaign in Spain during the Roman Civil War. Battles: Sicoris, 49 B.C. Ilerda, 49 B.C. Surprisingly, both of these scenarios favor the Senatorial Army, which lost both engagements. This is rare in most games from Great Battles of History. Both scenarios are of medium size.
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- GMT Games
- RBM Studio
Questions and answers
The Army without a General 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.
The Army without a General has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight 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.
The Army without a General belongs to these categories: Wargame, Ancient, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are 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 The Army without a General are: Stephen C. Jackson. 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 The Army without a General as an expansion for CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C.. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. to use it. Check that your edition of CAESAR: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar – The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C. is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.