Traditional

Played during the Roman Empire

Take part in the battles in the swamplands and wooded Play
hills between the Rhine and Elbe, as described in the Players take turns of two steps to move and capture armies.
historical and literary masterpiece “The Annuls of Imperial
Rome” by Tacticus. One player takes the role of the Roman Step  1   Move or Jump
general Germanicus, determined to avenge the defeat Move your general or one of your armies orthogonally to an
of Varus and his three whole divisions, slaughtered near open adjacent square. Alternatively you may jump orthogonally
the Teutoburgian Woods. The other player represents over any tile to land on an open square. You may jump more
Arminius, leader of the German tribes, who must honor than once and change directions.
the gods by defying the Roman Eagles and standards, and
by refusing to tolerate the Romans in your land. Who will
trap their opponent’s armies in the dense German forests
and waterlogged land?
Exactly like Seega (later in the collection) you sandwich and
capture armies but with the addition of invincible generals
Germanicus and Arminius.

Set to Play
Each player receives these tiles in their player color:
To avoid infinite repetition, a tile may not be moved
16 Armies 1 General
if it repeats the state of the game at the start of your
last turn.

Roman Germanic Germanicus Arminius

Place your armies on the first and

second rows and your general on
the middle right of the third row of
the 8 × 8 board.

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Step  2  Capture
You capture an opponent’s army A when moving an army or
general to B resulting in sandwiching it between another of
your armies C on the opposite non-diagonal side. You capture
an army D on the corner of the board when two of your armies
sandwich it on adjacent sides.
C
A Step  1   Move or Jump
B D
Edge
You capture two armies E at the same time when you move
one army F, which results in sandwiching them by three of
your armies.
F E
Captured armies are removed from play.
A general can be used to capture the same way as an
army but it can never be captured.
H
Edge
G 4 Woodlands
I 7 7 I
Your army G is not captured when moving onto a square
between two of an opponent’s armies or when sandwiched
between an army H and the edge of the board. You cannot
capture two armies sandwiched between your two armies I.
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End of Play
The game is over when either:
• All of one player’s armies are captured.
• Both players agree that no more armies can be captured.
The player with the most armies wins.
You may also win when you immobilize opponent’s general
and he is unable to move.
Alternative Play
You may move your armies or general as far as you want in a
straight line when not jumping over pieces.
Alternative Play Mike Tugwell
Step  1   Move or Jump
Your general may move diagonally as well as orthogonally.
Expansion Brad Taylor
Set to Play
Players share the use of the following tiles:
Players take turns placing two
woodlands on an open square on
the middle four rows. No more then
two woodlands should be adjacent
to each other in any direction.
Play
Armies and generals cannot move into or through squares
with woodlands.