The story of the Picrocholine Wars is one of the most well-known passages of the novel Gargantua, written by François Rabelais in 1534. Using a brawl between shepherds and millers as a pretext, Picrochole, King of Lerne, declared war on Gargantua's father, Grandgousier. A model of the enlightened monarch of the Renaissance, Grandgousier attempted to avert...
Action of game take place in medieval Malopolska - region of Kingdom of Poland. Players are playing roles of knights, settlers, merchants and pilgrims. Their job is to help prince Boleslaw and princess Kinga in rebuilding province after invasion of Tartars.Players can establish towns, salt mines, castles, they are fighting with Tartars, robbers, and taking...
Pig Wars is a skirmish-level miniatures wargame set in the Dark Ages: after the Fall of Rome, before the Norman conquest of England. Each figure represents one person. Each player controls one "unit" of 20 figures and is given one 52-card deck of ordinary playing cards, which are used instead of dice in this game. Each unit has one chit (or 3x5 card) used...
The queen has grown tired of the same old pies. Potatoes, onions, pigeons, blackbirds…all of these ingredients have been declared ho-hum by her majesty. In an attempt to inspire her kitchen staff to be more innovative with their cooking, her Royal Highness has invited culinary experts from lands near and far to gather for an international feast in the...
What are you willing to risk? And if you take that risk, do you have what it takes to be victorious? Enter the kingdom and squabbles of Pigs, Rats, Dogs and Cats. Of warriors, priests and spies. Of treachery and glory. Much is at stake - the reward great. Time to fight! Tooth and claw! —description from the back of the box Pigs and Rats has everything you...
From the rulebook: This is PILGRIMAGE, a game in which players move across Europe to the Middle East, from London to Jerusalem. Players follow routes used by early crusaders and pilgrims and many have adventures along the way. Players learn geography; they also learn about daily life in the middle ages. The game is competitive; you may choose to play...
Pillage! A game where you must pillage jewels from neighboring castles and make it back to your own before the other knights do. You can be sent back to your castle without any jewels if you get caught or jousted with and lose. There are many paths you can take but some could be blocked. The cool thing is that you have 2 knights to control so if one is at...
A single player card game of Vikings and conquest. Draw cards to travel across a countryside to encounter, attack, and pillage towns and strongholds along the way. All the while, you must keep up your food and army numbers as you try and control as many towns/strongholds as you can, depending on the difficulty you choose. As you draw cards, you encounter...
A game supposedly reminiscent of Viking games of old, this game was first available in museums with the "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga" traveling exhibit. From the publisher's web site (edited): Pillage & Plunder are two Viking brothers roaming the High seas in their Longship looking for fame and adventure. Pillage & Plunder is a game of luck and skill....
Pillage is a game written to be played in a relaxed setting, with friends, over drinks and other treats. These rules were written to meet a need specific to the JHP (Jeux d'Histoire du Ponant) club, for which we had a project to play the Viking period but where no rules seemed to fit. They were therefore written for this purpose. You should know that these...
This card game version of Pillars of the Earth is a trick-tacking game with a twist. The player whose colour is the highest card wins the trick, regardless of who played it. Your aim is to score victory points by winning the tricks containing your own workers and utilising them to convert resources found on other cards. Diverse Character cards are adding...