Cover art for Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul

Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul

2020 · BGG
Avg rating
7.88
Bayes rating
5.99
Weight
3.26 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
4 hr
Ratings count
597

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Description

Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul is a fast-playing, easy-to-learn, two-player card-driven game on Caesar’s conquest of Gaul. One player plays Caesar as he attempts to gain wealth and fame in Gallia at the expense of the Gauls. The other player controls all the independent tribes of Gaul as they slowly awake to the peril of Roman conquest.

Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul uses many of the core rules and systems used in Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage. Players are dealt 8 cards at the start of each turn and use their cards to move their armies and place control markers. Players familiar with Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage will quickly learn this game.

The game covers the height of the Gallic Wars, the period between 57 BC and 52 BC when Caesar campaigned back and forth across Gaul putting down one rebellion after another and invading Germania and Britannia. Units are individual Roman Legions or Gallic Tribes. Each turn represents one year.

—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Campaign / Battle Card Driven Dice Rolling Events Hand Management Point to Point Movement Simulation

Themes

Ancient

Publishers

GMT Games

Designers

Mark Simonitch