One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were CHARIOT, LEGION, VIKING and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers.Tagline: Tactical Warfare in the HEllenistic Age 500-100 BCSpartan covers the period from the rise of Greece to the beginning of the Roman ascendance, including the rise and fall of Persia and Carthage. The major scenarios covered are:Battle of Marathon (Athens vs. Persia) Arbela (Persians vs. Alexander) Cannae (Hannibal vs. Roman) Heraclea (Romans cs. Greeks)Exclusive rules include instructions for the use of elephants and special leaders. - BoardGameGeek