The (Unofficial)

GREAT BATTLES of HISTORY

SUPPORT PAGES

If you don't already know what this web site is about, a list of Frequently Asked Questions is available. It's also got common questions about play, too, so check it out even if you're not a beginner...

What's new here? as of 28 Mar 2005

Official & Playtest Resources

• Errata for Diadochoi, Lion of the North, Samurai, and SPQR
• The FAQ contains some Q & A for the system
• Great Battles of Epaminondas, an official Diadochoi module from Mark Herman (see also my scenario comments)
• Simple GBoH for Deluxe Alex (reduce dierolls and counter twiddling) by Richard Berg [beta/playtest draft]
• Great Captains of History Tournament Rules (from Origins 1995)

Lists and Indexes

• List of Game/Modules
• Scenario Database of all GBoH scenarios (includes links to comments for scenarios that I've played)
• C3i's GBoH Article Index
• SPQR Players Guide table of contents
• Other Magazine Articles, from BROG, Canadian Wargamer's Journal, Casus Belli, Fire & Movement, Line of Departure, Moves, Paper Wars, Vae Victis, Vieille Guard, Wargame Collector's Journal, and Zone of Control

Playing Aids

• Army Calculator for use with Sal Vasta's DYO rules. By Gunnar Strand.
• Chaeronea Play Aid for Dictator, by Mike Conklin
• Rules differences for moving from SPQR to Alexander and Caesar.
• Melee Analysis of unit survivability by TQ
• Shock & Special Unit Cheat Sheet for Deluxe Alexander (Word format), by Norbert Brunhuber
• Rules Cheat Sheet for Caesar: Conquest of Gaul (Word format), by Norbert Brunhuber
• SGBoH rules summary (Word format) by Steve Carey

Game Replays

• Sample SPQR Game, a walkthrough for beginners (also available in Swedish)
• Interactive Replay: Heraclea, an online experiment in group play (summary)
• Interactive Replay: Dara, another online replay (summary)
• Kawanakajima After Action Report, from Robert March
• Cunaxa After Action Report, from Charles Szigetvari
• Sicoris Replay (offsite) by Gary Phillips
• C3i 8 After Action Reports from Fabio Bernardini
• 2nd Beneventum After Action Reports from Fabio Bernardini

Discussions & Opinions

• System Critique by Markus Stumptner
• CONSIM-L Discussion, from Apr-97
• See also links from the Scenario Database for my take on selected scenarios

Unofficial Variants

• Unoffical DYO Competition Play Rules & Unit Lists by Sal Vasta (and a note from Sal)
• Variant Rules for Lion of the North, by Volko Ruhnke [I've tried 'em, and I like 'em. DPT.]
• More Variant Rules for Lion of the North, by Ben Hull
• Sellasia Background & Variant by Steve Jackson
• Variant Rules for War Galley, by Volko Ruhnke
• Another Variant for War Galley, by Mike Conklin
• Deluxe Alex House Rules by Gerry Germond
• SPQR Variant by Fabio Bernardini
• Description of Late Roman-era Roman and Barbarian armies in GBoH terms, by Michael Erwin

Unofficial Scenarios

• Qadesh scenario for Deluxe Alexander
• Vae Victis translation for GBoH scenarios in issues: #1, #6, #13, #17, #28
• Veseris, a scenario for SPQR, by Steve Jackson
• Gibraltar, a War Galley scenario, by Knut Grünitz
• Crannon and Cappadocia, by Claudio Grassi (in Italian) with English translations (Crannon, Cappadocia) by Fabio Bernardini
• Belisarius at Bay, a pair of Gothic War scenarios by Matteo Cioci

Miscellaneous Resources

• Map Key for scenario setup maps
• Common GBoH Abbreviations
• Game & Module Ratings; you can add your ratings, too!
• Thanks to all the people helping to improve this site

Links to Related Resources

• Web Grognards, the premiere WWW site for wargaming
• GMT Games, the makers of the Great Battles of History series
• Hoplites, a card-like computer game loosely based on SPQR. Try it, you'll like it. I did.
• Fabio Bernardini's GBoH page has some great material
• Christophe Dugravot has a GBoH website, too
• The Wargamer web site has too many ads, graphics, and cookies, but looks like it gives pretty good coverage of the computer GBoH games
• ConsimWorld Discussion Board. Look in the Board Games/Game Series/Great Battles of History folder for some official support
• Line of Departure, an magazine published by Jim Werbaneth, which not infrequently contains GBoH material
• The Internet Classics Archive, with complete texts of ancient authors
• Tokugawa Art Museum, with nice armor photos
• On-line text of Schiller's History of the Thirty Years War
• Alexander the Great Home Page.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia's article on the Thirty Years War
• Yet Another 30 Years War site