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title: "GMT Games Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars"
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# 4-player strategic sandbox Full Peloponnesian War simulation Dynamic political & military gameplay GMT Games Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

**Brand:** gmt games
**Price:** VT71972
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ⚔️ Command history. Own the war. Shape the future.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** GMT Games Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars by gmt games
- **How much does it cost?** VT71972 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **Dual-Layered Conflict:** Engage in intense war theaters while navigating faction rivalries in political assemblies.
- • **Sandbox Strategy Freedom:** Unscripted gameplay lets you craft unique political and military tactics every session.
- • **Epic 4-Player Team Battles:** Form alliances as Athens or Sparta and command your faction to dominate 5th Century Greece.
- • **Inspired by Award-Winning Design:** Built on mechanics from the Golden Geek Best Wargame 2015, Churchill, for deep strategic immersion.
- • **Historical Depth Meets Replayability:** Experience Thucydides’ classic history with endless strategic variations and faction dynamics.

## Overview

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars is a 4-player strategic wargame simulating the entire Peloponnesian conflict through political and military layers. Players form teams representing Athens and Sparta, balancing faction rivalries and alliances to control city-states, theaters of war, and political power, inspired by the acclaimed game Churchill.

## Description

Pericles is a 'sandbox' (unscripted) wargame that covers the ENTIRE period of conflict described in Thucydides classic history on the Peloponnesian wars. Pericles is a four-player game where two teams of Athenian and Spartan factions fight for Hegemony in 5th Century Greece. Each team of two represents a faction vying for control of their City States, strategy, and honor. Game Contents: One Mounted MapboardOne full-color CountersheetSix Player Aid CardsOne 20-sided dieRulebook and Playbook88 Cards190+ Wooden Pieces4 Cardboard Player Shields

## Features

- 4 Players
- Pericles is a ‘sandbox’ (unscripted) wargame that covers the ENTIRE period of conflict described in Thucydides classic history on the Peloponnesian wars. Pericles is a four-player game, where two teams of Athenian and Spartan factions fight for Hegemony in 5th Century Greece.
- Each team of two represents a faction vying for control of their City States, strategy, and honor. Athens sees the Aristocrats debate issues with their opposing Demagogues, while in Sparta House Agiad and House Eurypontid contend for royal dominance.
- Pericles uses elements from the Golden Geek best Wargame of 2015, Churchill, to simulate war as the extension of politics by other means. In the War portion of the game, it is US versus THEM (Athens versus Sparta), where each team implements their collective strategy to dominate Theaters of War, build economic strength, and fight battles to win Honor.
- In the respective Political assemblies, it is ME versus YOU (faction versus faction), where the battle for government control has to be balanced by your common interests in a series of wars that must be won, or all is lost.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Real historical events affect all the details about this game.
*by S***Y on March 26, 2023*

The most important thing I must mention about "The Peloponnesian War Pericles "is that the scenario of this game is entirely based on a real historical resources.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Insane learning curve, but well worth the effort
*by N***J on May 10, 2018*

This game is insanely steep and complex, if you played "Twilight Struggle", liked it, played Churchill and thought it was too simple. then picked up a COIN game and liked that too... this game may still be too complex for you. But if COIN didn't scare you off and you have exactly 3 friends who want an epic game, this is well worth a shot, as the dynamics of play are very unique and thoroughly enjoyable. Its like Churchill but the axis are actual players that fight back.

### ⭐⭐ Can't decide if this was worth the purchase.
*by R***S on May 2, 2019*

I think there's a really cool game here, but the rules are just terrible. I found the rules extremely confusing, they should have done more and/or better blind playtests from the rule book. There are plenty of online resources to help someone learn the game, but I don't feel like using online resources should be a requirement to learn a game. I hope a second edition does a huge revision of the rule book for future players.

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