Commands & Colors: Ancients is a fun, fast moving game of ancient battles. It is the third "Commands & Colors" game, though the first one to have the system name in the title, and is on the more complicated side of the various titles in the series (complexity is a very relative term, here). There have been six expansions (2 and 3 have since been combined into a single one), each with a number of scenarios depicting battles from various periods in ancient history.

Like with other titles in the series, you have a fairly plain board divided into three sections for purposes of issuing orders through the play of cards. Terrain may be introduced through the use of tiles on the board, but as armies tended to try to find flat, clear spaces to fight, this is somewhat rare. Differences in types of units provided (of which there are many) and the size of your hand provides all the asymetrical bits; goals are usually the same: eliminate a set number of units before the enemy does.

The system currently covers from the early battles of Greek-city states to the early Byzantine period of about AD 500. There is talk of a future Biblical-period expansion, but so far, that's been out of scope. I also have a page for the similar Commands & Colors: Medieval.

After Action Reports:
We Who Are About to Game, Salute You!	Ancient Warfare	An Ancient Afternoon
Chariot Hit and Run	Ancient Battles	Marathon Run to Carthage
Over the Alps	Two Rounds of Ilipa	Two Rounds of Great Plains
Two Rounds of Zama	Two Rounds of Utica	Two Rounds of Hippacritae
Two Rounds of Hannibal's Camp	Two Rounds of Leptis	Two Rounds of Hysiae
Two Rounds of Thyreatis	Two Rounds of Sepeia	Two Rounds of Thermopylae (Middle Gate)
Two Rounds of Thermopylae (Overview)	Two Rounds of Himera	Two Rounds of Plataea
Two Rounds of Mycale	Two Rounds of Tanagra	Two Rounds of Olpae
Two Rounds of Sphacteria	Two Rounds of Delium	Two Rounds of Amphipolis
Two Rounds of Mantinea (418 BC)	Two Rounds of Anapus River	Two Rounds of Phyle
Two Rounds of Munychia	Two Rounds of Piraeus	Two Rounds of River Centrites
Two Rounds of Nemea	Two Rounds of Coronea	Two Rounds of Lechaeum
Two Rounds of Chronium	Two Rounds of Tegyra	Two Rounds of Leuctra
Two Rounds of Mantinea (362 BC)	Two Rounds of Crocus Plain	Two Rounds of Chaeronea
Two Rounds of Granicus	Two Rounds of Issus	Two Rounds of Megalopolis
Two Rounds of Gaugamela	Two Rounds of Jaxartes River	Two Rounds of Hydaspes
Two Rounds of Hellespont	Two Rounds of Paraitacene	Two Rounds of Gabiene
Two Rounds of Indus	Two Rounds of Ipsus
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Collection Status
Main Set	Greece & the Eastern Kingdoms	Rome & the Barbarians	The Roman Civil War
Imperial Rome	Epic Ancients II	The Spartan Army
Blue=Preordered