SIEGE OF JERUSALEM UNBOXING

Ah ha – unboxing a new magazine game – always sounds odd doesn’t it – should it be unwrappering it? Siege of Jerusalem AD70 is a two-player wargame simulating the epic Roman assault on the city of Jerusalem in AD 70. Our sense is it is less overwhelming in terms of gaming footprint than other games representing this battle.

The battle pits a veteran Roman army against Judean rebels who are making an epic stand. The game system emphasizes command control and the use of both troop and siege units. Players randomly pick command markers to generate actions, modeling the chaos of battle. The Roman objective is to take Jerusalem, while the Judean objective is to delay the Romans long enough to claim an apocalyptic victory. A game turn represents about a month of operations. Each game turn will include Impulses representing anywhere from a day to a couple weeks of intense combat plus periods of reorganization.