The Age of Alexander is the first of two supplements that support the new Helion Ancients games system, Three Ages of Rome.
Three Ages was designed with smaller figure scales in mind. All measurements in the rules are for 6-15mm figures. If you use 28mm forces, then increase all movement and shooting distances by 50%. Three Ages has an approximate ground scale of 1 cm = 15 meters. We have designed the rules for battles that will fit on a typical 6' x 4' wargames table, which in game terms is approximately 2,700 meters wide. The rules can easily be used for larger, and smaller, battles. The nominal time for a turn, including moves by both sides, is about 20-30 minutes. At this rate, a four-hour battle will take about eight to twelve turns.
The Age of Alexander supplement provides an expansion to the Three Ages of Rome wargames rules. The six historical scenarios span the Age of Alexander, and link directly into the first period of the Three Ages rules. The new army lists introduce armies from across the period of the expansion set. They complement the armies in the original set of rules, enabling players to recreate more battles from the ancient period.
As in the Three Ages, in battle nothing is certain, but generals that practice their skills are more likely to be victorious.
Scenarios
- Issus 333 BCE – Alexander vs Darius
- Hydaspes 326 BCE – Alexander vs Porus
- Gaza 312 BCE – Demetrius vs Ptolemy
- Corupedium 281 BCE – Seleucus vs Lysimachus
- Heraclea 280 BCE – Pyrrhus vs Laevinus
- Magnesia 189 BCE – Scipio vs Antiochus III
Army Lists
- Darius' Achaemenid Persians
- Porus' Indians
- Alexander's Macedonians
- Lysimachus
- Antigonus Monopthalmus
- Seleucus I Nicator
- Ptolemy Soter
- Galatians
- Pyrrhus
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