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Hamilcar Imperator - Salammbô
The Mercenary War -240 to -238
At the end of the First Punic War, Carthage abandoned Sicily to the legions. Magnanimously, Rome let the Punic garrisons guarding the last strongholds leave. Among them were Hamilcar Barca, father of the famous Hannibal, and, above all, thousands of Celtic, Greek, and Iberian mercenaries.
Having landed in Africa, the soldiers demanded their back pay and became restless. The Libyans, vassals of the Punics, quickly realized that their tribute would be increased to pay their due to the mercenaries. They then made a bold gamble: they armed themselves, allied themselves with the Numidians, paid their gold to the mercenaries, and proposed to the entire assembled force that they should attack Carthage!
The player will have to put down this revolt, which will quickly turn into an unstoppable war if he can't stop it! To do this, he will have several Punic generals who don't get along and whose hubris is monitored by the suffetes. Fortunately, his war elephants will literally help him crush the rebels.
Optional rules allow you to play Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô or simulate flaming pigs.
- Between 5,000 and 12,000 m² per zone
- A unit represents 500 to 2,000 men, or 500 to 1,000 cavalry, or 10 elephants, or 10 siege weapons, or a herd of flaming pigs.
- 1 turn: one year of 4 seasons
- Difficulty: 6/10
- Solitaire : 10/10
Die-cut counters :
Map (29,2 x 42 cm, preview):
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