Battle of Adys Rome Vs Carthage (1 Vs 1) the Battle of Adys (Or Adis) Was Fought in 255 BC Between Carthage and a Roman Army Led by Marcus Atilius Regulus

SunTzuGames presents

Ancient battles

a game by Emil Larsen

2 (4) 15-30 min 14+

version - Omega 1.45 Ancient Battles Introduction In ancient battles you get to play out some of Ancient battle index ancient history’s most iconic battles. 15...... Battle of Lake Trasimene (2 or 4 players) Rules 16...... Battle of Zama (2 or 4 players) 17...... Battle of Adys (2 players) The rules for ancient battles are for the most part exactly the same as quick battles. But in order to make a more accurate representation of the specific battles, there are a few added elements.

Setup Extra victory conditions Extra battle conditions All battles come with a setup guide. Here Ancient battles are won in the same In some battles you’ll find that factions may you’ll find the exact cards that each deck fashion as quick battles, by either routing have special conditions applying to them. consists of, extra victory conditions and the or annihilating the enemy. But in addition These can be both good and bad. battlefield layout. to this, factions might have specific victory conditions related to the battle. In these battles you might have to use units from several different factions in an army.

Since the starting player is determined before hand, you don’t remove 1 CP, but attacker and defender still draws 4 and 5 cards.

Army section Army section Larger battles Some battles are made up of 2 battlefields and 4 armies. Here the flanks and center are expanded and the armies are referred to as sections. In these battles there are some extra rules. Flank Flank Center Center Flank Flank

• Players may share information, but not exchange cards. • Only 1 section of an army is active per turn, players decide which one. • Cards may be played anywhere on the battlefield. • Card abilities are restricted to a chosen section of the battlefield and thereby army section. Abilties can’t affect both. • When a section of an army is routed or annihilated the other section will suffer 2 damage to it’s AS and 1 CP loss in the beginning of their future turns. • Destroyed army sections may no longer be activated and their cards can no longer be used.

14 Battle of Lake Trasimene Carthage vs Rome (1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2) The Battle of Lake Trasimene (June 24, 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar) was a major battle in the Second Punic War. The Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans under the consul Gaius Flaminius. Hannibal’s victory over the Roman army at Lake Trasimene remains, in terms of the number of men involved, the largest ambush in military history. In the prelude to the battle, Hannibal also achieved the earliest known example of a strategic turning movement.

1st army section Carthage 2nd army section AS: 13 / CP: 4 - Starting player - AS: 13 / CP: 5

Cards in army deck: 10 Extra victory condition: Cards in army deck: 11 2 x Libyan Infantry, 2 x Libyan Hoplites, 1 x (none) General - Hannibal Barca, 1 x Libyan Jave- Balearic Slingers, 2 x Libyan Javelinmen, 1 x linmen, 2 x Iberian Tribesmen(Cel), 2 x Iberian African Skirmish Cavalry(Gae), Tactic - Narrow Extra battle condition: Swordsmen(Cel), 2 x Painted Warriors(Cel), 1 ambush, Tactic - Infantry Charge(Cel) (none) x Libyan Peltasts, Auxiliary - Garamantian Skirmishers, Auxiliary - Celtici horsemen(Cel) (Cel) Celtiberian cards

(Gae) Gaetulian cards

Illustration by Gabriel Barbabianca Gabriel by Illustration 008 Celtiberia - STG © Rome Burning Barbabianca Gabriel by Illustration 025 Celtiberia - STG © Rome Burning Ramos Angelita by Illustration 021 Carthage - STG © Rome Burning Barbabianca Gabriel by Illustration 011 Celtiberia - STG © Rome Burning Ramos Angelita by Illustration 014 Carthage - STG © Rome Burning

+1 CP. +1 unit. friendly 1

The next card you play this turn cost cost turn this play you card next The : Ê CP. 1 gain turn, your of start the At : Ž cavalry. vs defense +2 : Ž Return or CP; 1 Spend one): (choose Š free. for unit spear 1 play may You : Ê 1 2 2 1 2

Iberian Tribesmen Iberian Cavalry Cantabrian Hoplites Carthaginian Swordsmen Iberian Infantry Libyan

0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1

1 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 1 1

Light Spear Infantry Spear Light Cavalry Melee Medium Infantry Spear Heavy Infantry Melee Light Infantry Melee Medium

2 Heavy Melee Infantry 1 2 Medium Melee Infantry 1 2 Heavy Melee Infantry 1 2 Medium Melee Infantry 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1

Principes Hastati Principes Hastati

2Ž : +1 attack and defense vs medium. 2Ê : You may play 1 medium unit for free. 2Ž : +1 attack and defense vs medium. 2Ê : You may play 1 medium unit for free.

Burning Rome © STG - Rome 015 Illustration by Caner Inciucu Burning Rome © STG - Rome 011 Illustration by Caner Inciucu Burning Rome © STG - Rome 015 Illustration by Caner Inciucu Burning Rome © STG - Rome 011 Illustration by Caner Inciucu

1st army section Rome 2nd army section AS: 19 / CP: 3 AS: 19 / CP: 4 Extra victory condition: Cards in deck: 10 Survive until your 6th turn. Cards in deck: 10 1 x Velites, 1 x Hastati, 1 x Principes, 2 x 2 x Velites, 1 x Hastati, 1 x Principes, 2 x Triar- Triarii, 2 x Equites, Tactic - Eagle Standard, Extra battle condition: ii, Tactic - Triplex Acies, Tactic - Repel Cavalry, Tactic - Vedge Formation, Auxiliary - Samnite If your units are returned or discarded, they Tactic - Infantry Push, Auxiliary - Samnite Spearmen are instead remove from the game. Peltasts

15 Battle of Zama Rome vs Carthage (1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2) The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19, 202 BC, marked the end of the Second Punic War. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (Scipio) defeated a Carthaginian force led by the commander Hannibal. Despite Hannibal possessing numerical superiority, Scipio conceived a strategy to confuse and defeat his war elephants. Scipio’s troops then routed the Carthaginian infantry, thanks in part to superior Roman cavalry.

1st army section Rome 2nd army section AS: 16 / CP: 5 - Starting player - AS: 16 / CP: 5

Cards in army deck: 11 Extra victory condition: Cards in army deck: 11 2 x Velites, 2 x Principes, 1 x Triarii, 1 x If Carthage has no beasts 1 x Velites, 2 x Principes, 2 x Triarii, 1 x Eq- Equites, 1 x African Skirmish Cavalry(Gae) , left on the battlefield. uites, 1 x African Skirmish Cavalry(Gae), General Auxiliary - Numidian Cavalry(Car), Tactic - Eagle - Publius Cornelius Scipio, Tactic - Vedge Standard, Tactic - Fire Pigs, Tactic - Repel Extra battle condition: Formation, Tactic - Infantry Push, Auxiliary - Cavalry. (none) Samnite Peltasts

(Gae) Gaetulian cards

(Car) Carthaginian cards

Illustration by Carlos Cara Álvarez Cara Carlos by Illustration 016 Gaetuli - STG © Rome Burning Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning Álvarez Cara Carlos by Illustration 016 Gaetuli - STG © Rome Burning

The enemy army gains 2 AS. 2 gains army enemy The : Š free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê AS. 2 gains army enemy The : Š 2 2 2 2 2 2

Masaesylian Cavalry Masaesylian Hastati Hastati Hastati Hastati Cavalry Masaesylian

0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

Medium Missile Cavalry Missile Medium Infantry Melee Medium Infantry Melee Medium Infantry Melee Medium Infantry Melee Medium Cavalry Missile Medium

6 Heavy Melee Beasts 5 6 Heavy Melee Beasts 5 6 Heavy Melee Beasts 5 6 Heavy Melee Beasts 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

African War Elephants African War Elephants African War Elephants African War Elephants

3Ê (choose one): Spend 1 CP; or Deal 3 3Ê (choose one): Spend 1 CP; or Deal 3 3Ê (choose one): Spend 1 CP; or Deal 3 3Ê (choose one): Spend 1 CP; or Deal 3 damage to your own army. damage to your own army. damage to your own army. damage to your own army.

Burning Rome © STG - Carthage 024 Illustration by Angelita Ramos Burning Rome © STG - Carthage 024 Illustration by Angelita Ramos Burning Rome © STG - Carthage 024 Illustration by Angelita Ramos Burning Rome © STG - Carthage 024 Illustration by Angelita Ramos

1st army section Carthage 2nd army section AS: 18 / CP: 4 AS: 18 / CP: 4 Extra victory condition: Cards in deck: 10 (none) Cards in deck: 12 2 x Libyan infantry, 2 x Libyan hoplites, 1 x 1 x Libyan Infantry, 1 x Libyan Hoplites, 2 x Balearic slingers, 2 x Carthaginian hoplites, Extra battle condition: Balearic Slingers, 2 x Libyan Javelinmen, 1 x 1 x Phoenician heavy horses, Tactic - Make a Carthaginian beast units only Carthaginian Hoplites, 1 x Phoenician Heavy way, Tactic - Regroup do half damage (round up). Horses, General - Hannibal Barca, Tactic - Ral- ly, Tactic - Reserve, Auxiliary - Garamantian Skirmishers 16 Battle of Adys Rome vs Carthage (1 vs 1) The Battle of Adys (or Adis) was fought in 255 BC between Carthage and a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus. Regulus inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Carthaginians, who then sued for peace. However, the First Punic War would continue because the terms offered by Regulus were so harsh that the people of Carthage resolved to keep fighting.

Army Rome AS: 12 / CP: 7 - Starting player -

Cards in army deck: 13 Extra victory condition: 1 x Velites, 4 x Principes, 2 x Triarii, 2 x (none) Equites, Auxiliary - Corsica Pirates, Tactic - Ballista, Tactic - Scorpions, Tactic - Infantry Extra battle condition: Push. Rome may not support their deployed units

on their first turn.

Illustration by Caner Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning Inciucu Caner by Illustration 011 Rome - STG © Rome Burning

You may play 1 medium unit for free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê free. for unit medium 1 play may You : Ê 2 2

Hastati Hastati

1 1 1 1

1 2 1 2

Medium Melee Infantry Melee Medium Infantry Melee Medium

2 Light Spear Infantry 1 1 1

Libyan Hoplites

2Â : Spend 1 CP to play a heavy unit for free.

Army Carthage AS: 18 / CP: 5 Extra victory condition: Cards in deck: 14 Survive until your 6th turn. General - Hamilcar Barca, 2 x Libyan Infantry, 1 x Libyan Hoplites, 1 x Balearic Slingers, 1 x Extra battle condition: Carthaginian Hoplites, 1 x Libyan Peltasts, 2 (none) x African War Elephants, 2 x African Skirmish Cavalry(Gae), Auxiliary - Libyan Mercenaries, (Gae) Gaetulian cards Tactic - Hidden Army, Tactic - Fake Retreat. 17