Welcome to the Battle Play Expansion for Total War: Rome: The Board Game. Using this is the equivalent of hitting "play battle" in the video game. You will now fight a battle where you deploy your army into a formation and fight four thrilling phases of combat. Use Battle Play in conjunction with the core game or fight standalone battles and tournaments. With this expansion, the battle system is more strategic, forward planning and cunning tactics is a must, with a dynamic battlefield environment influenced by cleverly timed Tactica cards. Re-live the famous battles of history, with Battle Play!