The Games
Publisher: The Perfect Captain
Type: Wargame
Status: Free
BGG entry:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/18073
Available at:
http://perfectcaptain.50megs.com/alexius.html
Anatolia is being plundered by the Turks!
A short and easy to play campaign that has its own counters, map and battle rules! Can be used to generate miniatures battles with Ironbow, or any other rules.
Every commander and Emir mentioned by Anna Comnena in the Alexiad is present. In fact, the game is leader driven- good leaders get things done, while poor ones are a hinderance. Counters representing every troop type are here, including Turkish Ghulam heavy cavalry, Turkomen horse archers, light and heavy infantry, Byzantine Cataphracts, Norman and Varangian mercenaries, Petchenegs, everyone. It comes with a battle board so you don't have to stop the game for every battle if you don't want to, but the troops convert directly into 'Ironbow' units for those of you who want to play miniatures.