SPQR is a board wargame designed by Richard Berg and Mark Herman, and released in 1992 by GMT Games, as part of the Great Battles of History (GBoH) series of games on ancient warfare. SPQR deals with battles fought by the Roman Republic, and is designed to showcase the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman manipular legion.
There are two editions of the game, the second having changes in some rules.
The game maps are covered with a hexagonal grid, each hex representing 70 yards of distance. Each turn represents about 15–20 minutes, although the rules are designed assuming a loose time scale. Each counter represents 300 to 1000 fighting troops, depending on size and type. Since little is known about the terrain, numbers of men or types of units engaged, methods of combat, leaders and so on, these games, despite their high level of detail, remain essentially speculative in nature.
Expansionsedit
A number of expansions were released for SPQR:
Consul For Rome (1992), adding the Battles of the Trebia and the Metaurus
War Elephant (1992), adding the Battles of Magensia and Raphia
Pyrrhic Victory (1993) adding the Battles of Heraclea and Asculum
Africanus (1994) adding the Battles of Baecula and Ilipa
Jugurtha (1998) adding the Battles of the Muthul and Cirta
Deluxe SPQR (2008), combining the Basic SPQR game with all the above expansions, with the exception of Raphia from "War Elephant" and Cirta from "Jurgurtha". It also includes counters for the battle of Marathon and for the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire
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