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Battle Line (8th Printing)

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Type: Boxed Game

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Last Stocked on 11/17/2024

Product Info

Title
Battle Line (8th Printing)
Publisher
Category
Author
Reiner Knizia
Publish Year
2017
Dimensions
6.25x9.25x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147775230
MFG. Part #
GMT0012-17
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
14 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
30 Minutes

Description

Battle Line is a two-player card game built around the theme of warfare during the age of Alexander the Great. Battle Line features 60 full-color Rodger MacGowan/Mark Simonitch cards depicting the prominent formations of the period (War Elephants, Heavy Cavalry, Phalanx, etc.) and 10 full-color tactics "wildcards" that give players extra flexibility and choices and help make each new battle wildly different from the last.
Battle Line takes about 30 minutes to play. To win, you must create powerful formations along your side of the line of battle that are superior to those of your enemy. Victory goes to the player who wins 5 of the 9 battle flags (an envelopment) or three adjacent flags (a breakthrough). Based on Reiner Knizia's original design published in Germany as Shotten-Totten, Battle Line enhances and expands that game system to give players even more tactical options and gut-wrenching decisions.

How will you muster your battle line? Will you use your elephants to trample a hole in the enemy front, or send Alexander to the front to win a critical flag? Maybe you'll dispatch the Companion cavalry to lead or reinforce a crucial point in the line, or perhaps you'll rely on your spies to determine the enemy's strengths and weaknesses before committing your best forces. You'll always have plenty of choices. With every card play, you'll determine the strength and direction of your attack while plotting to fend off your enemy's advances.

In Battle Line, you and your opponent lead the combined arms of the greatest units of the era. Will you, like Alexander, reign supreme? Play Battle Line and find out.

Contents:

  • 60 full-color Troop cards and 10 Tactics cards
  • 9 Flags (plastic pieces)
  • 4-page Rule Book