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Hoplite box - ancient battles strategy board game by GMT Games for 1-4 players
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Hoplite

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Hoplite is the 15th title in the Great Battles of History series. Recreate classic ancient battles with hoplites, heavily armed soldiers in formation. Includes 11 scenarios from the Battle of Leuctra to encounters with Persians. Strategy game for 1-4 players ages 13+, 240 minutes per game.

A board game by Richard H. Berg Mark Herman
Publisher: GMT Games
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Hoplite, the 15th volume in the Great Battles of History series of games, allows players to recreate classic battles from the pre-Alexandrian Persian-Hellenistic Age, the heyday of the Hoplite (heavy infantry fighting in packed formation). This period is often considered to feature the birth of Western Warfare, as opposed to the Persian/Eastern style, which relied on archery, light cavalry, and mobility. Exactly how hoplite warfare was fought – what really happened when “the bell rang” – is highly disputed by ancient military historians, even today. Hoplite allows you to test out your theories (well, our theories, using your dice) with eleven of the great battles of this era, from the Battle of Leuctra, featuring the huge 60-man deep phalanx of Beotarch Epaminondas to the classic confrontations with the Persian missile-armed troops against the classic Greek hoplite phalanxes.
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Mechanics: Hex-and-Counter
Categories: Historical War
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BARCODE: 817054010653
In 4 wishlists In 3 collections This was seen 10265 times
Description Description
Hoplite, the 15th volume in the Great Battles of History series of games, allows players to recreate classic battles from the pre-Alexandrian Persian-Hellenistic Age, the heyday of the Hoplite (heavy infantry fighting in packed formation). This period is often considered to feature the birth of Western Warfare, as opposed to the Persian/Eastern style, which relied on archery, light cavalry, and mobility. Exactly how hoplite warfare was fought – what really happened when “the bell rang” – is highly disputed by ancient military historians, even today. Hoplite allows you to test out your theories (well, our theories, using your dice) with eleven of the great battles of this era, from the Battle of Leuctra, featuring the huge 60-man deep phalanx of Beotarch Epaminondas to the classic confrontations with the Persian missile-armed troops against the classic Greek hoplite phalanxes.
Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Hex-and-Counter
Categories: Historical War
Alternative names:
BARCODE: 817054010653
In 4 wishlists In 3 collections This was seen 10265 times
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How many players it plays best with · 9 votes on BoardGameGeek

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  • 2 8
  • 3 1
  • 4 2
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Orpheas BGG user
10.0/10

I've juste rated this game 10 after my first Ftf play (Leuctra - Simple GBoH version). A really great addition to the GboH brand ; and it's just amazing for a nearly 25 ys old game system. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! I've just rated a game whose designer is TPOW (the pope of wargame)! How my humble soul could be so pretentious to have a judgment about a game designed by TPOW ? Shame one me !!!!!!!! It's a blasphem. F*** J**** I'm so sorry my sons (and all my illegitims sons too), I'm soory my (to be born) grands sons, I'm cursed on the next 3 generations.

chuffymonkey BGG user
9.0/10

A slightly pseudo-rating, as I haven't used the full Hoplite rules and would like to give them a spin. However, I wanted to refight Plataea with the SGBoH rules, and it was a blast. Bow versus spear, with two massed (and very different) armies fighting it out over vast and varied terrain. Like Squad leader and Victory's Fleet series, there are no bad games of SGBoH, and this was an epic that saw the Persians break before their numbers and a veritable hail of missiles could overcome those serried ranks of grim-faced hoplites. Classic

clayhaus BGG user
9.0/10

After two scenarios using simple GBOH rules this game is a solid 9. I only play solo but found the gameplay very quick and enjoyable. The rules are straightforward generally speaking though of course it helps having a grounding in the system. Although hoplite would not be a bad introduction to GBOH.

John Vasilakos BGG user
9.0/10

I believe this is the best of the Great Battles of History series (Ok I may be biased vise a vie my ancestors :-) ) But seriously the command rules, sequence of play and especially the rules for Phalanx 's have been refined and perfected from the initial GBOH set and the resulting games are tense and true to history.

Ulysses 133 BGG user
9.0/10

I like this hoplite vs hoplite battles. Really thrilling when two hoplite units collide. Fast gameplay and few counters compared to most GBOH games. If you like something different there is Plataea. Real monster. I think this battle is playable only with simple GBOH, at least I played Plataea with simple GBOH. Hoplite battles are great with "real" GBOH. As always in GMT - great production value.

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CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.