The Games: Blood and Spectacle

2–16 players · 180 min

From the publisher's web site: The Games: Blood and Spectacle are a set of free wargames rules for gladiator games.

From the game's introduction: Welcome to The Games: Blood and Spectacle.

In these pages you will find a game that allows you to play out the infamous blood contests between slave warriors of the Roman era. You will be a Lanista, the slave master, owner, and business man who dealt in blood and spectacle for profit. Your management and commands will lead your Gladiator troupe to glory, honor, and immortality; or death and poverty. Will you beg for mercy, or triumph for the crowds?

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