From: "David S. Bieksza" Subject: SPI Ad: Armageddon (1/8) ARMAGEDDON (Tactical Combat, 3000BC to 500BC) * Chariots and Leaders * Melee and Fire Combat * 14 Scenarios _Armageddon_ covers tactical warfare during the "biblical" period (3000-500BC). Each unit represents some 500 men, each hex 100 meters and each game turn 15-20 minutes. Although "hard" data about this period is rather difficult to come by, the game gives you a good idea of when went on militarily before the Greeks began to write about their own military system in detail (the first modern military history). Units used in the game are militia infantry, militia spearmen (both little more than armed farmers), swordsmen, axemen (a favorite weapon of the period), cavalry, archers (a rather advanced type of bow was used in this period), skirmishers (slingers, as in David and Goliath) and, of course, chariots. The almost forgotten battles covered include Qarqar, Megiddo, Kadesh, Tabal, Charchemish, Lake Regillus and others. _Armageddon_ as a game is the most highly polished and smoothly playing of the tactical series. Included is issue 34 of S&T which contains a major article on the "art of war" during the Armageddon period and an article on the American Revolution. ------- Dave Bieksza bieksza@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu ------- Where monsters rampage, I'm there to take them down ... Where treasure glitters, I'm there to claim it ... Where an enemy rises to face me, victory will be mine! - Lina Inverse, "Slayers"