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represents 300 to 1000 fighting troops, depending on size and type. Since little is known about the terrain, numbers of men or types of units engaged, methods of combat, leaders and so on, these games, despite their high level of detail, remain essentially speculative in nature.
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There are two editions of the game, the second having changes in some rules.
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and for the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire
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