Title: several improvements, but...
Review: The new board is bigger than the old Milton Bradley version, and that's great. I like that land troops can cross a few of the narrow straits without a galley. The new battle system is simpler, but each die has two pictures of infantry, and only one of each other unit. So infantry has the best chance to hit, yet are the cheapest to buy. I've heard catapults were too powerful in the original rules for the old version, but they are too restricted here. Calvary still have more movement, but with the reduced effectiveness in battle, I don't see much point. Also, land troops on a galley do not participate in naval battle under the new rules. So a full ship is no more powerful than an empty ship. Your troops can be easily sunk so watch out. I guess some rules can be tweaked by house rules, but it would be pretty hard to convert the little pictures on the dice to make more sense.
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