Game - 234 - Lest Darkness Fall

Description: Lest Darkness Fall: Rome in Crisis is a strategic level wargame covering the third century crisis that beset the Mediterranean region and its environs. One player leads the Roman Empire and its client states, while the other commands an amalgamation of Rome's main enemies: barbarian Germanic tribes, Parthia, Palmyra and rebel forces from within the Roman world itself.

The second player is generally on the offensive, trying to invade, loot and occupy core Roman territory, or perhaps reach the city of Rome itself, in order to win. The Roman player wins by by finally maintaining the territorial integrity of the empire against the invaders.

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Notes: Each turn represents 10 years. Each hex represents 100 miles (162 km). The units correspond to the Roman Emperoir and his court, his co-Emperor, rebel claimants, legion bases bases and mobile units, garrisons and fortifications, Germanic tribes Parthian corps, and Palmyran legions. The game revolves around control, taxation and looting of "population center" hexes.