Julius Caesar (block Wargame)
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''Julius Caesar'' is a
block wargame A block wargame is a board wargame that represents military units using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters or metal/plastic miniatures. Description A block wargame uses wooden blocks to represent units. These blocks are typically squ ...
designed in 2000 by Justin Thompson and
Grant Dalgliesh Columbia Games is one of the oldest manufacturers of board wargames, and has also produced the ''Hârn'' role-playing game as well as various card games and collectible card games. Their wargames are notable for using small wooden or plastic blo ...
and produced by
Columbia Games Columbia Games is one of the oldest manufacturers of board wargames, and has also produced the '' Hârn'' role-playing game as well as various card games and collectible card games. Their wargames are notable for using small wooden or plastic bl ...
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Description

Julius Caesar is a card driven
block wargame A block wargame is a board wargame that represents military units using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters or metal/plastic miniatures. Description A block wargame uses wooden blocks to represent units. These blocks are typically squ ...
based on the Roman Civil War. Players take control of the legions of
Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
or
Pompey Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. ...
and fight to determine the future of Rome.
Marc Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the au ...
,
Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...
,
Octavian Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in ...
, and
Brutus Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was reta ...
also play key roles in the game.


Publication History

The game was released by
Columbia Games Columbia Games is one of the oldest manufacturers of board wargames, and has also produced the '' Hârn'' role-playing game as well as various card games and collectible card games. Their wargames are notable for using small wooden or plastic bl ...
in 2010.


Reception

BoardGameGeek has Julius Caesar noted as #35 on its best wargames of all time. Julius Caesar is rated with a 7.8 on
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''Julius Caesar''
official website {{wargame-stub Board games about history Board wargames set in Ancient history Depictions of Julius Caesar in games Wargames introduced in the 2000s