Last Update: 09-Apr-05
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Revision: 0.0 (Playtest release)
| Period: | Late Roman |
| Level: | Skirmish (1:1) |
| Scale: | 28mm (but may be used with other scales) |
| Basing: | Any (individually based figures) |
| Dice: | d6, d10 |
Pax Romana is designed to represent small-scale actions on the frontier of the Roman Empire in the late 4th or early 5th Century. It is intended to be simple and fun - any relationship to historical reality is purely co-incidental. The original inspiration for these rules was Chosen Men, from which many of the mechanisms are derived.
Figures are individually based; each represents about 10 men. The game works best with infantry units of between 6 and 12 strong, and cavalry units about 4 to 8 strong. Better quality units should normally be smaller than the rest. Veteran units can be very powerful under these rules, especially if armoured or bow-armed. Use sparingly unless you want them to dominate the game.
Apart from the figures, players will need an ordinary pack of playing cards, and some method of indicating wounded figures.
A typical game, involving about 50 - 60 figures on each side, will last about two to three hours. A pre-planned scenario, with unequal sides and specific victory conditions (such as a raid on a convoy, or a punitive expedition) will usually give a better game than a straight stand-up fight.
The key features of the system are:
The rules are available as a native Adobe pdf file (151kb).
Please note the rules are published in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf). If you do not have a copy of the reader software you will not be able to view the document. To get a free copy please select the link at the bottom of this page.
| Revision | Comments |
|---|---|
| v0.0 | Playtest release |
