Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage is a 1996 board game published by Avalon Hill.
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage is a game in which Hannibal's legendary campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War is dramatized, including his crossing of the Alps in 218 B.C. and his seven-year sweep through Italy, where he routed Roman forces and sought alliances among Rome's oppressed allies. The tide turns with the arrival of Scipio Africanus in 211 B.C., introducing a pivotal shift in the conflict. Gameplay unfolds in structured phases—Reinforcements, Strategy, Winter Attrition, and Political—using cards for both movement and combat resolution. The game features point-to-point movement rather than a hex grid, and its components include a mounted board, stand-up generals, and streamlined rules. [1]
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, published by Avalon Hill in 1996 and designed by Mark Simonitch, builds on the card-driven mechanics introduced in We the People . [1]
Pyramid magazine reviewed Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage and stated that "Hannibal is an exciting development from Avalon Hill: a low-complexity wargame that holds the interest of both experienced and novice gamers. Most of their previous low-complexity wargames had a low replay ability for old-timers; not so Hannibal." [1]