Aquitaine: Strategy and the Medieval War Ride
(1982)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid und Simulation...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 10 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson, Society of Ancients |
| Designers: | Paddy Griffith |
| Artists: | Paul Hitchin, Christos Kondeatis |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Simulation |
A simulation of the Black Prince's campaigning in south-western France, 1355-6. Published within A Book of Sandhurst Wargames.
Aquitaine is a game for two players which simulates the strategic operations of English and French armies during a part of the Hundred Years' War. The game is quick and simple to play, despite the apparent bulk of the rules.
Scale: 10 day turns, 12 mile hexes.
1 die
6 Tactical posture cards
2 time marker counters
9 English Unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
12 French main army unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
14 French local unit counters - fighting units
16 Garrison counters
24 Baggage Train counters
Society of Ancients published a version of the game in 1998. This version, although faithful to the original, has been updated with a larger map and improved illustrations.
Alternative names:
Aquitaine: Strategy and the Medieval War Ride
Aquitaine
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