Second Punic War Campaign

(218-202 B.C.)
This campaign features the Second Punic War between Rome
and Carthage. It is intended for two players who take
opposite sides, one playing Rome and the other Carthage, in
all scenarios. The campaign is composed of 12 scenarios,
divided in three parts: Militia Italica, covering the battles
fought in the Italian peninsula, Militia Hispanica, covering
the battles fought in Spain and, for the final phase of the war,
Militia Africana, containing the two famous engagements in
North Africa. All scenarios composing the campaign are form
the Command & Colors: Ancients base game. Players can
decide to play the entire campaign or just one of the three
parts. In any case, the winner of the campaign is decided by Approximate location of battles: Militia Italica (blue),
the difference in the total number of banners scored by the Militia Hispanica (yellow) and Militia Africana (red).
two players in all played scenarios. Scenarios are played
according to their original rules, with no modification. Thus,
it is possible that in one specific scenario one side is favored. Militia Italica
Scenarios unbalance, however, is accounted for in the final
result tables. After playing all relevant scenarios, compute the
difference of the total number of banners won by the Roman Scored Banners
player minus the total number of banners won by the
Carthaginian player and look up the result in the final result Name Rome Carthage
table. Separate final result tables are provided for each single 04 Ticinus River (218 BC)
Militia and for the entire campaign. For ease of reference,
scenarios are indicated with their name and a two digit 05 Trebbia (218 BC)
number referring to their progressive position in the scenario 06 Lake Trasimenus (217 BC)
book. Players might want to print this document and use the
list of scenarios for scoring. 07 Cannae (216 BC)
09 2nd Beneventum (214 BC)
12 Metaurus (207 BC)
Total banners

Banners Difference Final Result

-11 or less Major Carthaginian Victory
from -10 to -6 Minor Carthaginian Victory
from -5 to 3 Tie
from 4 to 8 Minor Roman Victory
9 or more Major Roman Victory

Hannibal at Cannae by H. Leutemann

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Militia Hispanica

Scored Banners
Name Rome Carthage
08 Dertosa (Ebro) (215 BC)
10 Castulo (211 BC)
11 Baecula (208 BC)
13 Ilipa (206 BC)
Total banners

Banners Difference Final Result

-4 or less Major Carthaginian Victory
from -3 to 0 Minor Carthaginian Victory The Battle of Zama by C. Cort
from 1 to 8 Tie
from 9 to 12 Minor Roman Victory Complete Campaign
13 or more Major Roman Victory
Play all 12 scenarios listed before, compute the banners
difference and use the following final result table.
Militia Africana
Banners Difference Final Result
Scored Banners -9 or less Major Carthaginian Victory
Name Rome Carthage from -8 to -3 Minor Carthaginian Victory
14 Great Plains (203 BC) from -2 to 11 Tie
15 Zama (202 BC) from 12 to 18 Minor Roman Victory
Total banners 19 or more Major Roman Victory

Banners Difference Final Result

-5 or less Major Carthaginian Victory
from -4 to -2 Minor Carthaginian Victory
CREDITS
from -1 to 3 Tie The final result tables are based on scenario statistics found
in www.commandsandcolors.net, built from hundreds of
from 4 to 6 Minor Roman Victory reports by tenths of players. This campaign is dedicated to
7 or more Major Roman Victory them.
Version 1.0, August, 26 2020 by g1ul10