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Clash of Empires is a hybrid game that combines the best features of a traditional strategy board game with a wargames battle system. The main difference being that there is no need to amass large numbers of figures, although the rules can be used as a setting to complement a wargames campaign. Clash uses a system whereby the Fighting Bonus of an army is determined by the Combat Rating of its component parts without the need to represent these units with multiple figures. Some paperwork and...

The purpose of this article is to use the Clash of Empires Hellenistic game rules to create a believable chronology for the reign of the fictional Spartan King Archelaus. Clash of Empires uses an economic system which combines troop points per turn (the result of taxation, economic resources and tribute) with trading cards which represents the funds raised mainly from trade, but also other sources such as the spoils of war. They also control random events. Troop points from agricultural...

In this article we leap forward to the 20th century and the start of WW2 when Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland. Here we use the Clash of Empires Battle System to recreate the opening campaign of Germany’s Lightning War the innovative and lethal force of which would propel the German army from victory to victory until most of continental Europe was under Nazi control. Following the invasion of Poland Britain and France declared war on Germany while the USA proclaimed its neutrality but...