Agordat 1893
Score
6.5
Players
2
Time
45
Recommended Age
6+
Difficulty
normal
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Description
Agordat 21st December 1893
The first victory of the Italian Army in Eritrea.
Game in No Turkeys! n.6 2010
2200 native Askari and some Italian national soldiers, led by Lt. Colonel Arimondi, encounters in the plain of Agordat around 12,000 Mahdists, led by the Amir of Ghedaref, attempting to invade the Italian Colony of Eritrea. An asthonishing Italian victory and the very first one of the young nation.
Company level wargame of a forgotten battle, with the flavour of the colonial clashes.
Agordat 1893 contains the following components:
- One A3 DIN shape map
- One Rulebook
- One sheet of playing pieces