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Battle Line (12th Printing)
$17.99
$22.00
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SKU:
GMT0012-17
2 Players
Playtime: 30 minutes or less
Product Highlights:
Hand Management
Set Collection
Manufacturer:
GMT Games
Battle Line is a two-player card game built around the theme of warfare during the age of Alexander the Great. It features full-color cards depicting the prominent formations of the period (War Elephants, Heavy Cavalry, Phalanx, etc.) and full-color tactics "wildcards" that give players extra flexibility and choices and help make each new battle wildly different from the last.
To win, you must create powerful formations along your side of the line of battle that are superior to those of your enemy. Victory goes to the player who wins 5 of the 9 battle flags (an envelopment) or three adjacent flags (a breakthrough). Based on Reiner Knizia's original design published in Germany as Shotten-Totten, Battle Line enhances and expands that game system to give players even more tactical options and gut-wrenching decisions.
How will you muster your battle line? Will you use your elephants to trample a hole in the enemy front, or send Alexander to the front to win a critical flag? Maybe you'll dispatch the Companion cavalry to lead or reinforce a crucial point in the line, or perhaps you'll rely on your spies to determine the enemy's strengths and weaknesses before committing your best forces. You'll always have plenty of choices. With every card play, you'll determine the strength and direction of your attack while plotting to fend off your enemy's advances.
In Battle Line, you and your opponent lead the combined arms of the greatest units of the era. Will you, like Alexander, reign supreme? Play Battle Line, and find out.
Contents:
60 Troop Cards
10 Tactic Cards
9 Flags
Rulebook
To win, you must create powerful formations along your side of the line of battle that are superior to those of your enemy. Victory goes to the player who wins 5 of the 9 battle flags (an envelopment) or three adjacent flags (a breakthrough). Based on Reiner Knizia's original design published in Germany as Shotten-Totten, Battle Line enhances and expands that game system to give players even more tactical options and gut-wrenching decisions.
How will you muster your battle line? Will you use your elephants to trample a hole in the enemy front, or send Alexander to the front to win a critical flag? Maybe you'll dispatch the Companion cavalry to lead or reinforce a crucial point in the line, or perhaps you'll rely on your spies to determine the enemy's strengths and weaknesses before committing your best forces. You'll always have plenty of choices. With every card play, you'll determine the strength and direction of your attack while plotting to fend off your enemy's advances.
In Battle Line, you and your opponent lead the combined arms of the greatest units of the era. Will you, like Alexander, reign supreme? Play Battle Line, and find out.
Contents:
60 Troop Cards
10 Tactic Cards
9 Flags
Rulebook
Ages: 12+
Players: 2
Game Length: 30 minutes
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3 reviews
Classic for a reason
After teaching my father-in-law this game about eight years ago, he has become its biggest advocate. He has taught and bought this game for numerous family and friends. It offers easy to digest instructions with classic head to head gameplay. The game is easy to learn and teach. It combines elements of poker, rummy and area control into an excellent and quick playing game. A pure classic and why there have been 11 reprints.
March 15, 2022 6:27 PM
Quick, easy, and fun, Battle Line is an excellent value with significant replayability.
If I had to choose one game that everyone should have in their collection, it would be Battle Line. I’ve played this game 235 times (by actual count) and it does not get old. It’s simple, elegant, quick, and fun. This comes with me to the game store every Sunday evening for game night and I don’t have to ask people to play it, they ask me. Of the 35-40 different opponents I’ve had, I can’t think of a single one who didn’t enjoy it, and several purchased their own copies. A friend and I even played 15 games in a row of Battle Line one evening at game night. I guess this isn’t as much a review as it is a testimony. I love this game and can’t see myself ever turning down a chance to play.
November 25, 2017 10:05 AM
Booker
If I had to choose one game that everyone should have in their collection, it would be Battle Line. I’ve played this game 235 times (by actual count) and it does not get old. It’s simple, elegant, quick, and fun. This comes with me to the game store every Sunday evening for game night and I don’t have to ask people to play it, they ask me. Of the 35-40 different opponents I’ve had, I can’t think of a single one who didn’t enjoy it, and several purchased their own copies. A friend and I even played 15 games in a row of Battle Line one evening at game night. I guess this isn’t as much a review as it is a testimony. I love this game and can’t see myself ever turning down a chance to play.
November 25, 2017 12:00 AM
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