HANNIBAL has been designed by one of the most acclaimed designers in the world, Mark Simonitch. This 20th Anniversary Edition of the game includes new scenarios and variants. We have streamlined certain game mechanics, while producing exactly the same game results as the golden classic. The game original rules and components were updated by Mark Simonitch and Jaro Andruszkiewicz. HANNIBAL has won numerous awards, including the Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Award and the Golden Geek Best Wargame Award, and is ranked 14th on the BoardGameGeek.com’s Wargame Rankings. HANNIBAL is actually more of an asymmetrical political game than a wargame. It presents a conflict between two superpowers of Antiquity from a classical Clausewitzian perspective, according to which a power only reverts to military operations when there is no other way to achieve the goal: political dominance. The long-awaited HAMILCAR companion game is also included in the Anniversary Edition. HAMILCAR, which is set during the First Punic War, is a stand-alone game using similar mechanics. It introduces a naval system and exciting naval battles. Both players compete for control of the Mediterranean Sea, in a conflict which will be described as the first war between an elephant and a whale – the struggle of a land-based empire versus the world’s naval power. Rome’s goal was to break through the island chain of Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia – Carthage’s defensive line to contain Rome on the Italian peninsula. 20 Anniversary Edition of the Hannibal Rome vs Carthage. This is a game with a history. Designed 20 years ago and still considered one of the best two player games ever published.This game tells a great story. Hannibal’s elephants crossing the Alps are one of the most remembered events of all time.This game is very well balanced and tense. The final result is unknown to the last card play.This game has gone through a very well thought out update. It is now easier and faster to play. It plays considerably shorter. It is graphically more appealing. It is even better than it used to be. And there is more in the box: another stand-alone game: Hamilcar. And… find out yourself what else. Components:33” x 22” (840 × 560 mm) double-sided mounted board1 Rulebook1 Playbook1 Scenario book2 Player Aid charts1 Reference map / 2007 edition tables14 plastic Roman General figures10 plastic Carthaginian General figures65 classic Hannibal Strategy cards10 additional Hannibal Strategy cards17 multi-use Strategy cards19 Hamilcar Strategy cards48 Land Battle cards18 Naval Tactics cards28 Roman General cards15 Carthaginian General cards110 Political Control markers66 Combat Units23 General markers10 Walled City markers5 Large Walled City markers11 Tribe markers5 Siege markers4 Siege Train markers10 Roman Ships counters10 Carthaginian Ships counters1 Naval Supremacy marker1 Corvus marker1 Proconsul marker1 Dictator marker1 Turn / Truce marker15 Supply markers1 Archimedes Engines marker1 Citadel marker1 Forgotten Tactics marker1 six-sided classic die1 six-sided Naval die2 six-sided Siege dice (white and red)2 six-sided Retreat dice1 plastic storage tray for miniatures (with closing lid)
