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ok so i havnt seen this here yet ,not a wargame in the strictest sense more of a combat boardgame
i guess its a cross between monopoly and a skermish game where you take on the rola of a dominus of a slave school and vie with your rivals for power in and out of the arena.

http://www.galeforcenine.com/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.352313651512434.78800.333260763417723&type=3#!/spartacusboardgame
price is good aswell £30 or $39

Holly crap... is this a new product that is NOT coming out as a kickstarter????

No,

it's kickstarters all the way down

Picked this up and played it a few times at Gen Con. Really fun game. It is sort of three mini-games in one. There is a short card game phase where you attempt to elevate your house/tear down your opponent's house. Then there is a small bidding game where you attempt to buy slaves, gladiators, weapons and the hosting rights for the next set of gladiatorial games. Finally there is small mini game where 2 gladiators actually fight in the arena. You can bet on who will win and how they will win (injury/decapitation). The arena can get a bit static once two opponent's get locked in hand to hand, and it ultimately becomes more of a dice/dice management game at that point. I think there is a great potential for an expansion at this level - multiple combatants, animals, cards that influence the battle...

Really easy to get the hang of, balanced resource management and a ton of fun. Highly recommended. Easily the highlight of the convention for me.

 Matthias wrote:
Picked this up and played it a few times at Gen Con. Really fun game. It is sort of three mini-games in one. There is a short card game phase where you attempt to elevate your house/tear down your opponent's house. Then there is a small bidding game where you attempt to buy slaves, gladiators, weapons and the hosting rights for the next set of gladiatorial games. Finally there is small mini game where 2 gladiators actually fight in the arena. You can bet on who will win and how they will win (injury/decapitation). The arena can get a bit static once two opponent's get locked in hand to hand, and it ultimately becomes more of a dice/dice management game at that point. I think there is a great potential for an expansion at this level - multiple combatants, animals, cards that influence the battle...

Really easy to get the hang of, balanced resource management and a ton of fun. Highly recommended. Easily the highlight of the convention for me.

same, demo and bought it at gen con. Was really impressed with the game as a whole. Was a lot more then the basic gladiator combat then I expected. Also in talking to the GF9 guys at gen con they mentioned the next expansion is already in the works and will include rules for combat with more then 2 gladiators