An abstract strategy game base on unique moves. Use your pieces to escape and free your king. Or get captured by the enemy. Place all your pieces on your side of the board. The enemy does the same. Then you move every piece one at a time. This is a turn base strategy game. Every piece moves differently. The one common factor is every piece captures other...
Scotland Rising, which is being released to honor the 700th Year Anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn, is a sharp fight that highlights the tactics of medieval battles on a crowded battlefield: Knights are powerful and hard to bring down; pikemen are best in massed formation; archers have ranged fire but must be protected; and ax men are vicious in a...
from Consimworld: The Situation There is no greater hero in Scottish history than William Wallace. In 1297 he began what grew into the Scottish Rebellion. The death of his wife at the hands of the English launched Wallace on a quest to expel them from Scotland. Unlike other leaders in the rebellion, Wallace never betrayed his country, his comrades or his...
Set in the Dark Ages you command a small force of Scots raiding across the border into the lands of the Anglo-Saxons, the game is played over two scenarios the raid itself and the escape as you try to outrun the pursuing Anglo-Saxon forces. Ideal for 28mm figures but can be played in any scale as long as the figures are individually based. Simple to play...
A Medieval miniature wargame for armies consisting of 10-15 units. Game play is driven by an orders chart, each player choosing a set number of actions for the turn (such as Shoot, Battle, Charge, or Move). The rules are short, simple and give quick games. Unit types are abstracted, so all knights perform in a similar way, all missile troops are similar...
In Scourge of God, one player takes on the role of the Mongolians and the other takes on the role of the Empires which stood in opposition. Ideally, the game is played in two rounds, with each player taking a turn at each side; however, there is a victory point adjustment ratio for the Mongols in order to accommodate those who have time for only one round....
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more?”—Cry God for King Harry, England and St. George” speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V, Act III, 1598. The siege of Harfleur marked the beginning of King Henry V of England's invasion of France. The bitter and protracted siege nearly ended King Hal's ambitions, and the French garrison's prolonged resistance...
In West Africa, facial injury has been used to identify ethnic groups, families, individuals, and also to denote beauty; wounds were thought to beautify the body. It was also done in girls to mark the stages of life: puberty, marriage, etc. These scars helped women to make men more attractive because they appeal to looking as well as scars, as evidence...
In Scripta Scriptorum, you take the role of a medieval monk, completing their manuscript page. The game's driving mechanism is writing in Latin, completing rows in black or red color, adding decorative elements, all white, fitting your selections perfectly, and unlocking special letters in order to choose later on how your engine building is going to...
L'enfer de la bibliotheque ("The Hell of the Library") offers the possibility to play with the 7 Deadly Sins. The 3 Helpers counters are replaced during the set up by 7 Deadly Sins tiles. Two stages are added: Third Hour - Forgiveness: in this step, the Copyist can ask another player for forgiveness by offering his Material (Lectern). In exchange, he turns...
As a medieval monk, you are charged with increasing the prestige of the abbey's collection of historical and sacred texts. By acquiring the resources for manuscript illustration and reproduction, your abbey produces and sells its valuable works, thereby bringing in finances necessary for maintaining a fine abbey. Will you succeed in making your abbey the...