- BGG rating
- 7.3
Rules assistance for The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt
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- 2 players
- 12+
- Complexity 3.6/5
Rules assistant for The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt
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The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt is an expansion for SPQR released in 1996 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Dan Fournie and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Hexagon Grid.
About the game
An expansion to SPQR, this module is found in RBM/GMT's C3i Magazine Nr7. At the conclusion of the First Punic War mercenaries were shipped back from Sicily to Carthage to be demobilized. However returning to Carthage they were not paid by the home authorities. This situation eventually burst into insurrection and mutiny with heavily taxed rual villagers joining the mercenaries. After an army led by Hanno failed to put down the rebellion, the senate appointed Hamilcar Bara to lead the army. After 4 years of battles the rebellion was finally crushed. Battles: Utica, 240 B.C. Hippacritae, 240 B.C. Tunis, 238 B.C. Leptis, 238 B.C.
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Publishers
- GMT Games
- RBM Studio
Questions and answers
The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt 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 catalogue lists The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt has a complexity rating of 3.6 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 Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt 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 Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt are: Dan Fournie. 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 Truceless War: Hamilcar Barca Puts Down a Mercenary Revolt as an expansion for SPQR. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need SPQR to use it. Check that your edition of SPQR is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.