In Gloria Regi players struggle to be the king's successor and get all the fame, power and richness their kingdom has to offer. The King plans to retire in five years, but, sadly, he doesn't have any inheritors. Players are loyal noblemen that have five turns to convince the King that one of them is the best choice to suit his crown. Each player has seven...
In the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I used to travel around the grand houses of England. Her hosts would vie with one another to put on the most lavish entertainments, catering and spectacle, often almost bankrupting themselves in the process. But position at Court was all that mattered - the more impressive your show, the higher your status and...
The Glorious Fall is a dynamic, competitive/cooperative game with minimized luck. It recreates the entire epic lifespan of the Byzantine Empire, from the founding by Constantine the Great to its last gasp (or not, if you manage to keep it intact). During play your Dynasty will be given a choice of secret destinies, such as keeping the empire alive...
Description from the publisher: You are a King invited to The Grand Tournament. Choose your greatest champions to fight for the glory of victory. Send your knights, rogues, wizards, rangers, and mercenaries to battle. Watch out for Dragons! In GLORY, players will be shown a glory card each round. That card determines the power class of the round and how...
An expansion for Glory: A Game of Knights that introduces: A 5th player with all components needed. Errantry - new way to duel players or NPC knights. Scenarios. A set of conditions that change the base game and force change of the winning strategies. New Titles, Supporters, Travel cards - and more! In addition to the artists known from the base game, the...
In this epic civilization game, players guide their people through 1000 years of medieval history, evolving from humble chieftains with single settlements into rulers of mighty empires. Unlike traditional civilization games with preset factions, each player's nation evolves through branching paths - choose successor cultures each era based on your previous...
Glory & Riches is a strategic game of resource management and area control for 2-5 players. Each person is a fief lord vying for the kingdom's throne. To gain the throne, a player needs to control three fief Capital cities. During the game, you produce resources, construct buildings, train peasants into advanced units, and expand your territory. The...
Glückshaus is a simple 15th-16th century dicing game popular among mercenaries then and historical re-enactors now. Modern board designs go back to Glonnegger who fused an early modern staking board for a card game with the dice game rules. A board shows the numbers from 2-12, excepting 4. Players take turns throwing two dice. On a 3,5,6,8,9,10,or 11, if...
Translated as Soldier of Fortune, this game features players trying to construct a castle. Each turn, players secretly select two actions from a possible six. If a player is the only one to pick a particular action, then the action gives more benefits. Otherwise, players pick certain actions to earn money, build pieces of their castle, steal from other...
"Rules and resources for wargames in the period AD400-AD700." The name comes from a line in the Welsh epic Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Daniel Mersey, the designer, is a British archaeologist who wanted a set of miniature wargame rules that specifically captured the style of warfare in Dark Ages...