Blocks!: Julius Caesar

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Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.


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Complexity: Intermediate
Period: Ancient (60 - 42 BC)
Manual: PDF
Editor: Yes.
Theatre:  Roman Republic in the last half 1st century BC, i.e. more or less the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding territory.
Turns: PHASES: Cards Phase, Action Phase, Battle Phase, Supply Phase
Unit Scale: Army
AI: Yes
Hotseat: Yes
Online PvP: Yes
PBEM: No





Julius Caesar Kickstarter Video)





About This Game





Blocks!: Julius Caesar is a local and online two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. The two players take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey and fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire. Famous characters like Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian, Scipio and Brutus all also play key roles, along with legions, cavalry, elephants, ballistas, auxilia troops and galley ships.

The victor will become the sole Master of Rome!



The map board depicts the major theaters of operations during the Roman Civil War, i.e the Mediterranean sea and surrounding areas, from Spain to the Middle East.

The object of play is to seize as many as possible of the Victory Points cities on the map. Major cities Rome and Alexandria are worth 2 VPs, the other eleven cities are each worth 1 VP. Killing the three enemy's leaders also bring 1 VP for each. The first player at 10 VP wins the game.

Will you become the Master of Rome, like Caesar, or will you perish, as Pompey did historically?

A game can be played against the Artificial Intelligence and in 2-player local Hotseat or online Multiplayer (NEW!) with your friends and fellow players on Steam.


The map

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Patch 1 New game update fixing the top issues encountered
Thu, 09 Jan 2020

To start off the new year, you'll find your Julius Caesar version updated with some corrections. Enjoy!


Patch Notes
[MULTIPLAYER] Fix game occasionally stuck on Battle Retreat phase ("Retreat from Pool" message)
[WINTER TURN] Fix game occasionally stuck at Winter Turn. Occurred when 4 or more navies had to return to ports.
[BUG] Fix three cards in the deck wrongly doubling the Levy points given for a turn
[INPUT] Add Page Up/Down keys as zooming alternative

For Richard III owners: note that the Multiplayer fix has been pushed in that game too.

Stumbling onto a problem? Don't hesitate to send us a word at support@avalon-digital.com describing your issue.
Whenever applicable, please join to it your game save, available both for single and multi player in the folder C:/Users/[user_name]/AppData/LocalLow/Avalon Digital/Blocks! Julius Caesar (Windows)

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SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends 9 July

-50%   £19.49   £9.74


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162670/Blocks_Julius_Caesar/

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Summer Update
Tue, 21 July 2020



Multiplayer and other features fix

Following the recent release of the third game in the Blocks! collection, Hammer of the Scots, we have updated Julius Caesar with the improvements brought in the last product.

Those mostly concern improvements of the multiplayer engine.
Also, we have added improvements to the retreat procedures.

Work is going on, thanks to the current ongoing early access campaign, on the other engine features that are still in demand, and that will be ported back into this game when completed.

Visit the Hammer game here : Hammer of the Scots Early Access
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201310/Blocks_Hammer_of_the_Scots/