Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great box cover
Players	2
Age range	12+
Setup time	15 minutes
Playing time	2 hours
Rules complexity	Medium
Strategy depth	High
Random chance	low
Skills required	Tactics, Strategy

Alexander the Great is a board wargame published in 1971 by Guidon Games and again in 1974 by Avalon Hill. Printed when board wargaming was relatively new, this game was designed by Donald Greenwood and Gary Gygax. Image File history File links Alexanderthegreatcover. ... Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ... A strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, as differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand. ... A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... Wargaming can be one of number of ways of exploring the effects of warfare without actual combat. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... History Guidon Games was a small company which ran a gaming shop and produced rulebooks for wargaming with miniatures. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. ... Ernest Gary Gygax, 2004 Ernest Gary Gygax (born July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, son of a Swiss immigrant father and an American mother ) is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published...

The game recreates the ancient battle at Gaugamela in 331 BC between the Macedonians and the Persians. Players choose to portray either Alexander the Great or King Darius III. The game uses small cardboard counters and a hex-based movement system common to wargames of this era. Pieces represent infantry, cavalry, phalanx formationes, chariots, and elephants. A unique feature of the game is a sliding morale track to determine which combat results table is used for combat resolution. For the span of recorded history starting roughly 5,000-5,500 years ago, see Ancient history. ... The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler. ... In the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC Years: 336 BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC 332 BC - 331 BC - 330 BC 329 BC... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Alexander the Great (in Greek , transliterated Megas Alexandros) (July 356 BC – June 11, 323 BC), King of Macedon (336–323 BC), is considered one of the most successful military commanders in world history, conquering most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before his death. ... Darius III (near middle) battling Alexander the Great (far left) Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... Look up hex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers or marines who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units. ... Cavalry is also a common misspelling of the Biblical hill Calvary. ... A phalanx (plural phalanxes or phalanges) is a rectangular mass formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, or similar weapons. ... Hittite chariot (drawing of an Egyptian relief) Approximate historical map of the spread of the chariot, 2000 –500 BC. A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. ... Morale is a term for the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal. ... A Combat results table or a CRT is used in wargaming to determine the outcome of a battle. ... Combat, or fighting, is purposeful conflict between one or more persons or organizations, ***YOU DO WANT TO FIGHT KENNY TRUONG!!!***often involving violence and intended to establish dominance over the opposition. ...

External links

• Alexander the Great at BoardGameGeek

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