Julius Caesar: Caesar, Pompey, and the Roman Civil War

Rome, 49 to 45 BC: Caesar has crossed the Rubicon and the Republic is tearing itself apart. This is a two-player card-driven wargame on a 43 by 84 cm map of the Mediterranean, with thirteen towns and cities to fight over. Each turn a card lets you move your legions, raise new ones or trigger an event. One side commands Caesar's veterans, the other Pompey's young legions, and your forces are blocks whose real strength stays hidden until a battle. It is a 2010 design, not to be confused with older Caesar games. Expect a long evening of bluffing, forced marches and nervous dice, with rules lighter than most grand-campaign wargames.