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Punic Island - Serie Comandante de Campo

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Bellica 3rd Generation

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?Punic Island? is the third volume in the Campaign Commander Series and simulates the campaign fought by the Romans and Carthaginians in Sicily and North Africa during the First Punic War. The game system now moves away from the Second World War and takes us to Antiquity. In the year 264 BC Rome was called to the aid of the Mamertines in their struggle against Carthage, the dominant power on the island of Sicily. Carthage had the help of Hiero, the Tyrant of Syracuse to put an end to the fight against the Mamertines in Messina. Thus began the First Punic War. Rome and Carthage fought for 22 years for control of the island. Rome emerged victorious from the struggle and Carthage was forced to end its centuries-old presence on the island. The land warfare was characterized by an uninterrupted series of Roman victories as one after another the cities of the island fell to them and every opposing Carthaginian army was defeated in battle. Syracuse was forced to change sides and enter into an alliance with Rome, and Carthage ended up controlling only a few fortresses on the western tip of the island.

Still, the war was won and lost at sea, not on land. It was the moment when Rome became a maritime power and its naval victories brought it even before the very walls of Carthage. It was saved thanks to the intervention of a mercenary general Xanthippus and his army, who defeated the first Roman army to set foot in Africa in the battle of the Bagradas river plains. Naval warfare played a determining role in this war and it was naval defeats that made Carthage lose the war. The Carthaginian senate tried to carry out a strategy of exhaustion and attrition that was useless against the Roman power and the Roman senate's commitment to victory, achieved at any price.

The game is one of operational scale - it is played on a zonal map. It is designed for two players: one leads the Roman forces and the other the Carthaginians - initially including the Syracusan forces. The duration of a game is approximately 3-4 hours and uses a game system based on two main elements: cards and tokens. Players will have to use their troops and resources to gain Victory Points by eliminating enemy units and controlling cities on the game map. It is not a "card engine game" as cards are used to produce events that influence battles, secure reinforcements, and procure resources with which to continue the fight.

The ROMAN player will be at the offensive during the entire game since his mission is arduous: he must conquer most of the island if he wants to ensure victory. The CARTHAGINIAN player will focus on playing cards that slow down the Roman advance through ambushes, epidemics, raids, and bad weather. He will also have to recruit an army since at the beginning of the war he lacks one.

The ROMAN player must plan his offensives carefully since he will need to renew his troops and accumulate enough resources for each of them, and time is against you. You will also need to build a fleet as you will lack one at the start of the war. The fight at sea will be very even and you must also take into account that storms at sea sink more triremes than the enemy action.

Siege warfare makes its appearance in the series and will be of paramount importance in this game since all the cities on the map are walled cities that have their own garrison and that will have to be besieged in order to control them.

Like all the games in this series, it has very simple rules and is designed to make games highly interactive, creating a solid and enjoyable gaming experience for those who don't have the time or space to put down a longer, larger game.

Components:

  • 1 80x60 cm map of Sicily and North Africa.
  • 2 d10 dice
  • 176 tokens (1 template)
  • 1 ?Campaign Commander? and Exclusive Rules of ?Punic Island? and historical and designer notes.
  • 70 cards (divided into two decks + help and promo cards)
  • 3 plastic bags

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