<p>Ok, after the comment about "Battle Line" (Thanks to @user30903) I started to view the game description and suddenly I saw a war unit called hoplite... and then I recalled.</p>

<p>The PC game is called "<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34694/hoplites" rel="noreferrer">Hoplites</a>". It is completely <a href="http://digilander.libero.it/zak965/hoplites/PortableHoplites.zip" rel="noreferrer">free</a> and its manual is available <a href="http://digilander.libero.it/zak965/manual.pdf" rel="noreferrer">here</a>. It is based on a board game called <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21551/spqr-deluxe-edition" rel="noreferrer">SPQR</a>. The game "Battle Line" is from the same company.</p>

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Andrey Rubshtein
<p>I used to play a PC game about 15 years ago that was based on a card game. 
I remember the following details:</p>

<ul>
<li>It contained cards</li>
<li>It had ancient battles theme</li>
<li>Each card represented battle unit</li>
<li>There were factions like Romans, Carthageneans, Egyptians, Maccabeans and more.</li>
<li>Some factions were inherently stronger than others. Battles were often assymetrical. </li>
<li>Game battles were based on real battles.</li>
<li>Some of the units were - heavy infantry, light infantry, phalanx, chariot, elephants.</li>
<li>Each player would put the cards in a row against the oponents row.</li>
<li>There was some rule on when to draw the cards from your own deck and how to put them.</li>
<li>Each card could attack only 3 cards which are approximate to it. </li>
<li>If a card was attacked from leftmost or rightmost, it was considered "flanked" and depending on the unit, the attack might have got significant bonuses.</li>
<li>The combat mechanics were not easy to understand</li>
</ul>

<p>I've searched google with all the keywords I could think of, but can't find it.
Any idea?</p>

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2017-02-19T20:33:06.327Z
@user30903, Thanks for introducing me to this game, it looks interesting! However, it is not it.
Andrey Rubshtein
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2017-02-19T13:20:10.003Z
Sounds a little bit like Battle Line
user30903
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15 years old card game with ancient battles theme and complex mechanics
Andrey Rubshtein
# 15 years old card game with ancient battles theme and complex mechanics

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-19)

I used to play a PC game about 15 years ago that was based on a card game.
I remember the following details:

* It contained cards
* It had ancient battles theme
* Each card represented battle unit
* There were factions like Romans, Carthageneans, Egyptians, Maccabeans and more.
* Some factions were inherently stronger than others. Battles were often assymetrical.
* Game battles were based on real battles.
* Some of the units were - heavy infantry, light infantry, phalanx, chariot, elephants.
* Each player would put the cards in a row against the oponents row.
* There was some rule on when to draw the cards from your own deck and how to put them.
* Each card could attack only 3 cards which are approximate to it.
* If a card was attacked from leftmost or rightmost, it was considered "flanked" and depending on the unit, the attack might have got significant bonuses.
* The combat mechanics were not easy to understand

I've searched google with all the keywords I could think of, but can't find it.
Any idea?

**Tags:** identify-this-game

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Sounds a little bit like Battle Line  
> **username_0**: @username_1, Thanks for introducing me to this game, it looks interesting! However, it is not it.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-02-19. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

Ok, after the comment about "Battle Line" (Thanks to @username_1) I started to view the game description and suddenly I saw a war unit called hoplite... and then I recalled.

The PC game is called "[Hoplites](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34694/hoplites)". It is completely [free](http://digilander.libero.it/zak965/hoplites/PortableHoplites.zip) and its manual is available [here](http://digilander.libero.it/zak965/manual.pdf). It is based on a board game called [SPQR](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21551/spqr-deluxe-edition). The game "Battle Line" is from the same company.


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