Aquitaine: Strategy and the Medieval War Ride

A simulation of the Black Prince's campaigning in south-western France, 1355-6. Published within A Book of Sandhurst Wargames.

Aquitaine is a game for two players which simulates the strategic operations of English and French armies during a part of the Hundred Years' War. The game is quick and simple to play, despite the apparent bulk of the rules.

Scale: 10 day turns, 12 mile hexes.

• 1 die
• 6 Tactical posture cards
• 2 time marker counters
• 9 English Unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
• 12 French main army unit counters incl. command, siege train & fighting units
• 14 French local unit counters - fighting units
• 16 Garrison counters
• 24 Baggage Train counters

Society of Ancients published a version of the game in 1998. This version, although faithful to the original, has been updated with a larger map and improved illustrations.