Prowl is a quick, competitive, highly interactive strategy card game for 2 to 5 players. By manipulating the various animal factions, players scheme to ensure that the one they’ve secretly chosen emerges on top. Do you favour the brute strength of Autumn, or Spring’s insidious magic? What of Winter’s corrupt officials, or Summer’s desperate sellswords?...
This introduction to miniature wargaming includes an introduction and articles by eight different authors on wargaming 10 different historical periods. At the end of each chapter, Quarrie presents rules for that particular period. The historical periods covered include the following: Ancients, Medieval, Renaissance/17th century, 18th century, Napoleonic...
Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was an astronomer who lived in Roman Egypt and was the author of several scientific treatises, three of which would be of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. The first is the astronomical treatise is now known as the Almagest. Ptolemy's model was geocentric and assigned the...
A game of Jordy Questeur, illustrated by Simon de Thuillières. Bare-handed fighting card game, one versus one, based on anticipation, probabilities, and risk taking. As it can be played for up to 777 years old, that means it's a miraculous game. Note : the author makes jokes in his game, like "pugilat de ruelle" (street pugilist in the middle Ages) for...
The Pure Land: Ōnin War in Muromachi Japan, 1465-1477 is Volume XIV of the COIN Series originally designed by Volko Ruhnke. It depicts a devastating civil war in 15th century Japan that reduced Kyoto to a smoldering ruin and precipitated the century-long warring states period—the Sengoku Jidai. Against the backdrop of this civil war between coalitions led...
Purring Hearth is a cozy 1–4 player dice and bag-building game set in a charming woodland tavern run by the Catmother and her lively kitten helpers. Guests arrive with whimsical, specific requests, and your job is to assign the right kittens (represented by dice) to meet their expectations. Some guests seek perfect pairs, others prefer playful randomness...
Purzon is a merchant trying to sell their goods to the kingdom. Assist them as they travel the realm selling their goods as they go. Purzon is a tile-laying game where you use unique cards that have paths, and as the building connect, you may place goods. There are also special items cards that allow you to play extra goods that wouldn't normally be...
Qero is played on a rectangular 5 times 5 board. As with most old games the exact rules passed on over time are not exactly clear. Variants described here are usually taken from Internet or book sources mentioned or as found, played and explained by word of mouth on mediaeval LARP conventions. The game is assumed to be derived from or match the family of...
This is a period of turmoil in the Quack-Quack dynasty. The corrupt officials who took over government power are eager to exploit, and the seeds of the revolution are sprouting among the people who are aware of the contradictions of the status system. Your goal is to survive this chaotic time. To do that, you have to trample on others and accumulate...
The entire Royal Family has fallen ill! The Royal College of Medicine has sent the call out across the land for help. As one of the leading medical "experts" of the day (we'll just call you a Quack), you have answered the call, but for your own reasons. You are not alone in this task. Others have also responded to the plight of the Royal Family, each with...
Both the original The Quacks of Quedlinburg, and The Herb Witches expansion, all packaged up in one big box bundle! Also thrown in for good measure is the mini-expansion, Wolfgang’s Exchange Office. In The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with...
This Mega Box includes the original The Quacks of Quedlinburg, The Herb Witches expansion and The Alchemists expansion, all in one box! In The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with what you add, though, for a pinch too much of this or that...