Aquitaine: Strategy and the Medieval War Ride
1982
BGG Average Rating
6.3
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Players
2-2
Weight
1.80/5.00
Playtime
10 min
Age
10+
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📖 About This Game
A simulation of the Black Prince's campaigning in south-western France, 1355-6. Published within A Book of Sandhurst Wargames.
Aquitaine is a game for two players which simulates the strategic operations of English and French armies during a part of the Hundred Years' War. The game is quick and simple to play, despite the apparent bulk of the rules.
Scale: 10 day turns, 12 mile hexes.
1 die
6 Tactical posture cards
2 time marker counters
9 English Unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
12 French main army unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
14 French local unit counters - fighting units
16 Garrison counters
24 Baggage Train counters
Society of Ancients published a version of the game in 1998. This version, although faithful to the original, has been updated with a larger map and improved illustrations.