Britannia

A faithful recreation of the board game experience, with one exception. In person, you might be dealing with slow players; now, you have to click a button to get each AI player to take the next part of their turn. Want two AIs to roll for their battle? Click a button. Nobody died, need them to do it again? Need to click a button. Now that they're all done, want to move to the next player's turn? Need to click a button. As a result, a game of digital Britannia takes about as long to play as the physical version does.

Great game but too buggy. Britannia is a fantastic game and it mostly plays well on this conversion, but it is too buggy. I managed to play my first game through without trouble but I have tried to play a few more games since then and they have ended in game stopping bugs. Really annoying.

A faithful reproduction of the game.

Outstanding historic board game adaptation. Totally recommend to anyone interested in early anglo saxon /british isles history or board games.

This is awesome! Havin just read most of Bernard Cornwell's works good time! This adaptation of the board game has you playing as a series of different nations and empires. So for instance, one player plays as the Romans, the British Romans, The scots and Normans, another plays the jutes and the angles, another plays as Denmark another the Saxons ETC. It renacts British history from Casesar to William of Normandy. Its not always the same! While events happen as depicted in history this doesn't mean the Northmen win and the last battle might not be in Hastings ETC. You win based on how many territory and which ones your assigned nation wins and how many Roman legions you kill. Keep in mind also that even if you don't do well at first there's opportunity close to the end. Likewise the player who plays the Romans is going to end up in a slump.

Britannia is the computerized version of an old wargame by Avalon Hill. In it you play various nations through one thousand years (43-1066) of British history. You get points for holding or taking various provinces on killing certain units. Simple to learn - a good beginner's game.