Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (game)

[1] The mounted hex grid map shows the Roman Empire in 375 AD, which is when the game starts.

[1] Once per game, each player can make an "Appeal to the Gods", roll a die and consult a chart to see the result.

The Goths and Vandals get victory points for looting Roman cities, and for the number of hexes they settle on by the end of the game.

"[4] In a 1976 poll carried out by Simulations Publications Inc. to determine the most popular board wargames in North America, Decline and Fall placed a disappointing 137th out of 202 games.

[1] In the 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer states that "this is disliked by experts because of its elementary rules and unbalanced structure, but it is a highly entertaining game for four players, if it's not taken too seriously.