Ancient Battle: Hannibal

So I bought this to play out Hannibal's battles in Italy. The Gettysburg game was pretty good. But in this game, you cannot get past Rhodanus which is the first Italian scenario. Even set on casual it's impossible. This means you can't get to the battles Hannibal had in Italy. Edit to add: It can be done, by using the save/load spam method. Because it's not that the AI is sneaky. It just cheats like crazy. Another review makes mention of this. The excessive cheating makes the game frustrating without being interesting. Can't recommend.

Pretty fun. The AI in this one is a bit better than some of the others of this type, making a pretty decent historical sim.

Good if basic board wargame. Light missile units maybe a bit too effective (cavalry can surely overrun light infantry archers or slingers), morale rules weak, but entertaining to play and good graphics.

Easy to learn and fun to play. Some scenarios can be completed in 15 minutes. Other are more challenging.. There are some drawbacks though: a) missile troops have an unlimited supply of missiles making them rather too powerful, Historically, unless you were in fortified positions you were largely limited to what you could carry. b) sometimes you attack an enemy unit in the flank but don't get the flank attack bonus, c) Roman legionaries threw their pilum (a type of spear) before combat and then used their gladius (short sword). This doesn't seem to be reflected in game combat; the first time legionaries are in combat they get no bonus for the pilum, I'm not sure how accurate it is historically. Mind you for the price I'm not complaining.

Easy to play and fun.

As ever with Hexwar, simple easy to play. Straight to battle without any need for empire building.