GLADIATOR SCHOOL
INTRODUCTION
Supplemental meta-game for Gladius.
Players are masters of their own gladiator schools.
Buy them, train them, and send them to the arena.
EQUIPMENT
Six sided dice. Paper. Pencils.
Use coins to represent Gold.
SETUP
Players start with 50 gold and 1 Gladiator.
VICTORY
The player with the most Fame points after 20 turns wins.
TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 7 Segments:
1. Slave Segment
2. Auction Segment
3. Arena Segment
4. Combat Segments
5. Earnings Segment
6. Training Segment
7. Reputation Segment
SLAVE SEGMENT
1D6 New gladiators become available.
Roll up starting Attributes/Stats for each gladiator.
AUCTION SEGMENT
Players bid for each slave in turn.
All bidding is verbal and simultaneous.
The highest bid wins.
Only the winning bid pays.
Minimum bid for any Gladiator is twice his Experience.
Large Gladiators cost 2 gold extra.
Any Gladiators not bought are discarded.
ARENA SEGMENT
Decide which of your gladiators are going to fight this turn.
All gladiators fight individually against another gladiator.
A gladiator may only fight in one match per turn.
Players pair up their gladiators with opponent's gladiators.
Pairing may be random or arranged.
Resolve the combats one pair at a time using the Gladius Rules.
If a gladiator loses and did not reduce his opponent to 5 or
less hit points, he is killed (Thumbs down.)
If a gladiator loses but did reduce his opponent to 5 or
less hit points, he is spared (Thumbs up.)
Any Gladiator reduced to 5 or less hits is wounded and
must heal for the rest of the turn.
If a Gladiator is reduced to 0 hits roll 1D6:
1 Mortal Wound: He dies anyway.
2 Maimed: Early retirement.
3 Lame: Lose 1D3 Attribute points or hit points permanently.
4 Shame: Lose 1D3 levels of Charisma.
5 Badly Hurt: Cannot fight next turn
6. Gets off Lucky.
Roll of 3 & 4 also cannot fight next turn.
A gladiator that was not paired up due to a lack of opponents
will fight the animals this turn.
EARNINGS SEGMENT
Earn 4D6 gold for each Match you win.
Earn 2D6 gold for each Match you lose.
Earn 2D6 gold for each gladiator fighting animals this turn.
Pay 5 gold upkeep for each Gladiator you own.
Players may trade Gladiators.
TRAINING SEGMENT
Roll 1D6 for each of your gladiators:
Roll 1-3: nothing
Roll 4-6: the gladiator gains an experience point.
Subtract 1 from roll if the gladiator is old.
Add 1 if you spend 5 gold for extra training.
Add 1 if the gladiator won a match this turn.
Add 1 if he defeated a superior foe this turn.
Subtract 1 if the gladiator has 10+ experience.
Subtract 2 if the gladiator has 15+ experience.
Subtract 3 if the gladiator has 20+ experience.
Subtract 2 if the gladiator is healing this turn.
Each time a gladiator gains an experience point, roll
once on the Stat table. The gladiator gains one level
in that Stat.
REPUTATION SEGMENT
Award Fame points (FPs) at the end of each turn.
1 FP for the most gold
1 FP for the most gladiators
1 FP for each match you win
1 FP for the Gladiator with the most Experience*
1 FP for the Gladiator with the most Charisma*
* These count only if they fought this turn.
GLADIATOR ATTRIBUTES
For each new gladiator determine the following attributes:
*Name
*Nationality
Roll 1D6:
1. Roman
2. Greek
3. Spanish
4. Gaul
5. Arab
6. African
*Age
Roll 1D6:
1-2. Younger
3-5. Prime
6. Older
*Size
Roll 1D6: Notes:
1-2. Small -
3-4. Average -
5-6. Large +1 level of Strength
*Previous Career
Roll 1D6: Notes:
1. Criminal -
2. Slave -
3. Prisoner Cannot be of Roman Nationality
4. Servant -
5. Soldier Minimum starting experience = 4
6. Citizen Minimum bid +2D6 gold
*Starting Abilities
Each new gladiator starts with 1D6 Experience Points.
*Fighting Style
1D6
1. Secutor
2. Retiarius
3. Thracian
4. Murmillo
5. Dimachaeri
6. Samnite
*Match Wins
All new gladiators start with 0 Match wins.
For each 2 wins a Gladiator has, his Charisma increases 1 level.
STATS
All Gladiators start with 0 levels in each of the 6 Stats.
For each experience point roll 1D6 on the Stat table.
The Gladiator gains 1 level in that Stat.
STAT TABLE
1. Strength
2. Skill
3. Endurance
4. Prowess
5. Reflexes
6. Charisma
STRENGTH
For each level of strength, the gladiator
will do 1 extra point of damage on a roll
of 1 on 1D6 whenever he hits for damage
in combat
SKILL
For each level of skill, the gladiator
gets to draw 1 extra card in Maneuver Phase
on a roll of 1 on 1D6.
ENDURANCE
For each level of endurance, the gladiator
Gets 1 additional hit point.
PROWESS
For each level of prowess, the gladiator
will negate an opponents defense card on a roll
of 1 on 1D6 whenever he hits in combat.
REFLEXES
For each level of reflexes, the gladiator
will negate an opponents attack card on a roll
of 1 on 1D6 whenever he is hit in combat.
CHARISMA
For each level of Charisma, the gladiator will
generate an additional 1D6 gold revenue in
earnings phase if he fought this turn.
FIRST BLOOD OPTIONAL RULE
The very first time a gladiator is put in the ring roll 1D6:
1. Coward: He is automatically killed
2-5. No effect
6. Blood Lust: He immediately gains 1 Experience point.
PREMADE STARTER GLADIATORS
Make up 40-50+ new gladiators.
Write their attributes on cards.
During auction phase, instead of rolling up new gladiators draw cards.
The benefit being you can reuse the cards from game to game.
VOW OF THE GLADIATOR
"I submit to being burned, chained, beaten, and killed with an iron weapon."
THE 3 SCHOOLS
Historically, There were 3 Big Gladiator Schools in Italy
at about 10 A.D. under Augustus Caesar:
The Great School, The Gallic, and the Dacian.
Gladiators of the Great School get Skill +1
Gladiators of the Gallic School get Prowess +1
Gladiators of the Dacian School get Reflexes +1
GLADIUS CARDS
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