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The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles from the original game and the Juggernaut module, plus five additional battles ... ten in all. The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition is virtually the complete history of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian art of war.
- Chaeronea 338BC
- Phillip II of Macedonia defeats Athenian and Theban armies to establish hegemony over Greece.
- Pelium 336BC
- Alexander secures his rear lines in the Balkans by smashing the Illyrians under Clitus.
- The Lyginus 336BC
- Alexander subdues the Triballians in his first campaign as King of Macedonia.
- The Jaxartes 329BC
- A nasty river crossing against the always-dangerous Scythians.
- Samarkand 328BC
- A Macedonian expedition under Pharnaces heads north to punish the Scythians but is trapped before Alexander can help.
- The Granicus 334BC
- Alexander faces his first Asian test across the banks of the Granicus River against a force determined to stop the invaders.
- Issus 333BC
- The Persian King, Darius III, steals a march on Alexander and surprises him by cutting his lines of communication.
- Gaugamela 331BC
- Alexander, having conquered half of the Persian Empire, turns east to face the huge army Darius has assembled.
- Arigaeum 327BC
- Alexander assaults a mountain stronghold on the way to the Indus.
- The Hydaspes 326BC
- Alexander's last battle, this time against King Porus' Indians and the cataphracted Indian Elephant Corps!
Game Contents:
- 720 full-color two-sided counters
- 43 full-color two-sided double-size counters
- Three full-color double-sided 22x34" mapsheets
- One 10-sided die
- 32-page Rule Book
- 24-page Scenario Book
- Player Aid Cards: Two 8.5x11" cards showing game charts & tables
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