From: Roberto Chiavini Subject: More Game Reviews CAESAR'S LEGIONS Year: 1975 Designer: Loren Wiseman / Don Greenwood Games Played: 4 (different scenarios) Review: This is the AH edition of a game originally appeared under the GDW imprint as "Eagles". It's a game which try to simulate the various campaigns of the Romans in Germany from Caesar to the Batavian revolt of 70 AD. There are 5 scenarios of different complexity, which use different rules (according to a standard of several AH designs). The first two scenarios are really simple (almost simplistic) and serve only as introduction to the game. These two are valid for the solitaire play. The other three ar e less so, because the German player may use a rule that consent to the German units to "vanish" inside the woods (the player may use hidden movement inside these kind of hexes). The map is mounted (as usual for an AH design), bland in colour, as are the units (for today standard), but was comparatively good twenty five years ago. Each roman legion is divided in cohorts, while the German units are tribal ones. The simulation is operational in flavor, with standard rules for movement and combat (but with an interesting tactical matrix which use cards, as in another AH design, 1776). I don't like the game too much (especially if compared to other ancient designs, even if there aren't many other games on these subject, apart from 3W Barbarians, which, curiously, copy, more or less, this system), but it could be interesting for FtF playing (I've played only solo games, so my opinion could be biased).