Game description from the publisher: Veritas is a Euro-style board game about the preservation of truth in Dark Ages France. Each player represents some "truth" that's trying to be preserved for posterity by diligent book-copying monks. Players place and copy book tokens in monasteries, then pick up stacks of books and spread them around France. Each turn...
Verona is a highly interactive strategy board game set in the city of Verona between the 14th and 16th centuries. Players develop their own districts by constructing buildings, managing workers, and competing fiercely for limited action spaces. Each player controls workers with values from 1 to 5, which are placed on action spaces through a bidding-like...
I know some of you might be saying, another "dudes on a map" game, a "Risklike", but Verralia: Kingdoms at War stands out for several reasons. One, its sheer simplicity, the core rules is summarised in just two pages, while the Special Ability Keywords, one can say the meat of the game, is summarised in a single page. The game itself plays rather fast for...
Medieval cities were home to very different types of people. Not only pious monks, humble scholars and trustworthy merchants, but also those mischievous, cunning and dishonest. Welcome to the city of Slyville, where you become one of the latter kind! As head of a guild operating in one of the world's major trade and cultural centers in the Middle Ages, you...
Medieval cities were home to very different types of people. Not only pious monks, humble scholars and trustworthy merchants, but also those mischievous, cunning and dishonest. Welcome to the city of Slyville, where you become one of the latter kind! As head of a guild operating in one of the world's major trade and cultural centers in the Middle Ages, you...
Souls are lost or saved a little every day with each choice a person makes. Behind those choices are little Angels & Devils whispering influences of the 7 Vices & Virtues. Vices & Virtues is a trick taking game with a twist. In addition to winning a trick, you also win a Human with an Ability you can use later. Each card also has a good side and an evil...
Victorus in Latin means conqueror and now springs to life as a highly tactical medieval abstract game for up to 6 players. Each player controls a chess-style army consisting of a king, a queen, and a variety of supporting knights. The object of the game is to maneuver one of your royalty around the hexagonal board then reach the center space. The hex board...
Victory or Martyrdom is a solitaire action roleplaying game set in the time of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in which players take on the role of a mujahid, or Islamic warrior, and attempt to improve his attributes, skills, defeat enemies, acquire better gear, and defend his faith, with the goal of surviving into old age and retiring after a...
Victory with Honour is a two page skirmish wargame for the pre-gunpowder era. It is not just about winning, however – it is about winning the right way. Players vie not only for control of the field, but to make the most glorious and honourable display, just as their ancestors would have. In the same way as Celtic chieftains, Roman centurions, European...
Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were CHARIOT, SPARTAN, LEGION and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers. 400 counters...