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Campaigning on Campania,
216-215 BC
Capua, the second city of Italy and
chief city of the province of
Campania, led a wave of defections
to the side of Carthage. Marcellus
was therefore directed to Campania
to protect the remaining allies.
Marcellus first secured Neapolis
(Naples), the chief seaport, with a
strong garrison. But the city of Nola
presented a more complicated
problem. In this city, as in many
others, the popular party favored
alliance with Carthage while the
aristocrats stood by Rome. Hannibal
was in communication with the
popular leaders of Nola to betray the
city to him.
Victory at Syracuse,
Jealousy in Rome, 213-211 BC
Marcellus continued the siege of
Syracuse as a proconsul for three
more years. Although the fortunes of
war shifted repeatedly, Marcellus
ultimately prevailed in 211 BC.
Aided by a plague that killed Himilco
and wiped out most of his army, and
a handful of greedy traitors,
Marcellus eventually broke into the
city, and reduced it section by
section. Marcellus succeeded where
Athens (415-413 BC) and Carthage
(398-397 and 311-310 BC) had failed.
Marcellus had proven himself a
master of siege warfare, as well as
individual combat and battle tactics.
Great Battles of History Three Days of Gettysburg II June. System is very close to BNA,
Projects As soon as we get the completed maps with some important changes. The
Several modules are finishing design - especially Map #4 - from CRT has different results (mostly
work. The two closest to the finish line Rick Barber, this project goes to press. because of the scale differences), and
are both for Great Battles of Julius We are, at this time, planning on a we now have two ways to play the
Caesar: The Gallic Wars and special package that would also game: either using the random chit-
Jugurtha. The former includes the include a set of rules for "gentler, pull of the AMs, or the Continuity
three major land battles: Bibracte, The kinder" play: SimpDoG (much the mechanic, which you can check out in
Sambre and the nameless one against same as the Simple GBoH rules Simple GBoH. No projected publica-
Ariovistus and the Germans. Lots of included in this issue of C3i). tion date yet... bit goes out for beta
barbarians . . . Jugurtha is most testing soon.
unusual, as the Numidians are, June Six
essentially, a "hit-and-run" guerrilla- Playtest work has begun on the next
like army, so we have some extended Gameplayers game, the follow-up to
rules for that. Moreover, as the Battle for North Africa: June Six. This
Jugurthan War is the supposed covers the Normandy invasions (all
turning point in the development of beaches) with two maps (which break
the Marian Army, we have one battle down nicely into several, one-map
fought with the manipular legion scenarios) and regiment/brigade
(SPQR), and one with the cohort- level. Daily turns, running to end of
based legion (Caesar).