Cover art for Blood on the Tigris

Blood on the Tigris

1995 · BGG
Avg rating
5.95
Bayes rating
5.51
Weight
3.00 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
6 hr
Ratings count
73

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Description

Published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #176, Blood on the Tigris: The Iraq Campaign 1914-1917 is a simulation of the 1914-1917 British/Indian campaign in Mesopotamia during the Great War.

It has 1 22x34" map and 220 counters in 2 sheets (140 & 80). 
Scale is 6 miles per hex, 1 month per turn. Units are battalions, regiments and brigades.

There are 3 scenarios, including the 30 turns campaign.

It is of low complexity for this sort of game, having 7 pages of rules.



Mechanics

Hexagon Grid

Themes

World War I

Publishers

Decision Games (I)

Designers

David McElhannon Perry Moore