vaibhavhospital

Beware the Ides of March: Crossing the Rubicon

2024-09-26T01:46:02-04:00

Vendor: Hollandspiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 38.95

Designer	John Theissen
Publisher	Hollandspiele
Players	2
Playtime	90-150 mins
Additional Info	424436/beware-the-ides-of-march-crossing-the-rubicon http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424436/beware-the-ides-of-march-crossing-the-rubicon/forums/63

Crossing the Rubicon is an expansion to John Theissen’s Beware the Ides of March. This scenario covers Caesar’s civil wars. Additional unit counters are provided, as well as tiles to adapt the map for this specific topic. “Beware”, taking place after these wars and Caesar’s assassination, saw both sides starting with very low prestige, resulting in a great deal of political instability. The players in “Rubicon” start on a much healthier footing, giving this game a longer and more variable arc, with different considerations for each player to keep in mind.

—description from the publisher

Beware the Ides of March: The Liberators' Civil War

2024-07-09T23:28:29-04:00

Vendor: Hollandspiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 96.95

Designer	John Theissen
Publisher	Hollandspiele
Players	2
Playtime	90-120 mins
Additional Info	417977/beware-the-ides-of-march-the-liberators-civil-war http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/417977/beware-the-ides-of-march-the-liberators-civil-war/forums/63

Beware the Ides of March is an operational hex-and-counter game covering the Liberators’ Civil War – the conflict which saw erstwhile allies Mark Antony and Octavian team-up against Brutus and Cassius. It was here that Rome’s fate was decided once and for all: would the republic be restored, or had it fallen irrevocably to despotism?

The war between the Second Triumvirate and Caesar’s assassins was decided in two battles a few weeks apart - but it didn’t need to happen that way. Designer John Theissen (Antony and Cleopatra, Campaign of Nations) presents players with an operational sandbox. It models the realities of the conflict: the logistical challenges of supplying an army in the ancient world, the uncertainty of combat, and the dangers of sea travel. You will need to be bold, but every action carries with it significant risk, and just as was the case historically, you are not protected from the consequences of failure.

Theissen’s designs are some of the most approachable and streamlined in operational gaming. Rolls on tables simulate sudden storms, external invasions, internal revolts, and the effects of plague. Together these create texture and give context to your decisions.

—description from the publisher

Mac and Lee

2022-05-19T08:15:47-04:00

Vendor: Hollandspiele
Type: Board Games
Price: 102.95

Designer	John Theissen
Publisher	Hollandspiele
Players	2
Playtime	180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	359080/mac-and-lee http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359080/mac-and-lee/forums/63

Mac and Lee is the second game in John Theissen's American Civil War Operational Series. Specific units and their strengths are hidden from your opponent as you perform a tense dance of cat-and-mouse maneuvers. This is especially important when modeling George McClellan’s ill-fated Peninsula Campaign, where doubts about enemy numbers and positions exacerbated the extreme caution that saw the promise of “the young Napoleon” give way over the course of these operations to his reputation as a passive, bewildered commander who was hopelessly outmatched by his Confederate counterparts. If they want to succeed, the Union Player will need to be bolder and more decisive than Mac; the Confederate Player, for their part, must use a skillful mix of maneuver, bluff, and nerve to stymie the enemy’s advance on Richmond. Knowing when to attack and when to hold back, when to run and when to make a stand, are paramount, and as ever, subject to the fortunes of war.