Raiders and Traders - the Heroic Age of Greece - The Chaosium - UP - Excellent

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PLEASE READ DESCRIPTIONSComplete punched games include all maps, charts, rules, and counters and are sorted for ease of setup and play. Punched counters are sealed in trays or zip bags for shipping. Also if we end up paying less than originally quoted in shipping we will refund anything over our cost to ship.Raiders and Traders - the Heroic Age of Greece - The Chaosium - UP - ExcellentRaiders & Traders - The Heroic Age of Greece by The Chaosium (designer: Donald A. Dupont, c. 1979) is unpunched verified COMPLETE in excellent condition with the map slightly rolled on one end because it is longer the rules book, the rules book has slight crinkles along spine and a slightly dogeared lower right corner with all other components in near mint condition in a plastic zip bag.Raiders & Traders permits the players to re-enact the crisis and grandeur of bronze age Greece in a spectacular boardgame tracing the coming of the Greeks and their civilization's first flower in the days of Mycenae, Achilles, and Helen of Troy!Each player acts as a royal house, seeking to impose its will upon recalcitrant neighbors through trade, alliance and the sword. Victory conditions make it possible to win without dispatching an army, but be sure to notice how your neighbor interprets events. Manage marriages and alliances over the generations; heirs increase your house's chances in diplomacy and war. Good relations with the gods can help your fertility, trade, battle, or tax base. The easily-learned and logically balanced rules system will furnish quick and lasting enjoyment.The scenarios cover the period 2900-1100 B.C., and are graded: you'll start off with the basic rules, then add to them as you progress from scenario to scenario, just as the politics of the Aegean basin grew more and more complex as the centuries passed. Play elements include land and sea expansion, piracy, war, raids, diplomacy, alliances, inter-marriages, generation of heroes, the Delphic Oracle, assistance of the gods, Cyclopean walls, how to carry off Princesses, and more. This succinct and engrossing game sketches the power relations of that ancient time in a way not done before: a strategic-level design using a spectacular full-color map of the Aegean as striking as a bird's-eye-view of the actual geography.Game designer Donald A. Dupont is? a student of archeology and a veteran of excavations in Greece. His credits include the very well received Chaosium game Troy.Games stated as complete are for necessary components (maps, rules, charts, counters) that can only be present with that game and may or may not include blank counters or trays, dice, pencils, crayons, etc. things that are common to most games and can be easily switched from one game to another.Most errata, clarifications, and addendum can be found on or Will Combine Shipping for Items (unless otherwise stated in auction) up to 10 days - Email us if you win (or bidding on) more than one item so that you do not pay too much in shipping.If you win a magazine or some folio games (i.e.: S&T, Command, Wargamer, etc) we can ship in a Priority Flat Rate envelope up to 3 mags per package (sometime 4 depending on weight) - International Global Priority if available(Older Commands like Proud Monster will only fit 2) Can also fit around 15 to 20 Mag Games in Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box (Medium Flat Rate 5 to 10 games or Large Flat Rate 10 to 20 and limit of 20 lbs for international)ONLY MAGAZINE TYPE GAMES.No Handling Fees - Actual Shipping Costs ChargedAll Items Sold As IsYou may be interested in our other eBay listings .Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution read more

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