Early Seasonal Haul

I'm lucky enough to have had a birthday recently. Doubly so because the Margravina acted on a 'suggestion' from yours truly. 300: Earth & Water from Nuts Publishing. I'd seen it on Prufrock's blog https://prufrockian-gleanings.blogspot.com/2024/12/300-earth-and-water.html#comment-form and thought that looks a great little, 2-player,  game based on the Greek-Persian Wars.

The Boardgame Geek page on it can be seen here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267058/300-earth-and-water 

It's a neat little sized board (see rule at top)

Example of the cards. Clever use of historical events to add 'chrome' to a fairly basic game mechanism

The rules look pretty straightforward, with not too many examples of 'if this, then that' type exceptions. The blurb says it takes 40-50 minutes to play. As well as playing the game as intended, it looks like a simple way of generating table top battles (battles in the game are highly abstract), or the basic rules could be used as inspiration for games set in other periods and theatres. One of the things I've been pondering for my annual New Year campaign is something based on Frederick's invasion of Bohemia in 1757. I might have a go at adapting this game to that campaign.

Surprisingly, even the girls have offered to play it over Christmas. They've never shown any interest in any of my wargames. The box art reminded them of Zeus on the Loose (also covered here on Boardgame Geek). The eldest will be round on Boxing Day and I'm sure he'd like to give it a go too.

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