Milito
Bitesize battles that don’t take an age to play
Designer: Martin Wallace Artist: Peter Dennis
War was endemic in the ancient world; history is littered with the ashes of civilisations and the bones of the slain. Aiming to recreate these fierce struggles on the tabletop, Milito sells itself as a card-based, diceless wargame for two players. The game is a reskinned version of Field of Glory from designer Martin Wallace, its main new feature being six nation-specific decks in contrast to its predecessor’s generic two.
The setup is simple. Five terrain cards are drawn from a deck of nine and laid in a horizontal line between the players. Most of these cards represent plains, although there’s also three cards for a forest, a hill and rough terrain, which all have different effects on gameplay. Each card in the line is a column players seek to control; capturing three wins the game.