Kontor is a two-player tile-laying game which can also be played by two teams of two players. The name means 'Trading House' and the players act as merchants vying for supremacy in late 17th century Amsterdam. By building trading houses at the canals you aim to control three major commodities (Spices, Tea and Wine) in each harbor area. During the game you...
It's about money, trade, wine, salt, grain, profit, buying and selling, time, sins, plague, witches, murderers, beggars, inquisitors, Knight ........ The aim of the council is to appoint a new Pope. Anyone who has at the end of the game on the most electors, may name the new pope and is the winner of the game. --- Es geht um Geld, Handel, Wein, Salz...
"Crafters" - a game against the four urban planners fictional world of time, similar to the early Renaissance. Insatiable King sends us to the fertile plains to establish a town. All is good, but to motivate the king announces that at the end of the work will choose which one of the founders of the rise at the head of the city. In its course the first...
Kreuz und Quer is played on a 17x17 board. 2 Players try to move their 3 musketeers and 8 soldiers to the other side of the board, using two dice: First, the red dice indicates mandatory backward or sideways movement of one unit, followed by mandatory forward movement from the green dice. Soldiers move orthogonally, musketeers can move diagonally as well....
KunstQuiz Renaissance is an exciting journey into the fascinating world of art. Learn the great painters of the Renaissance and their most important works to know! And test Your knowledge of art at home, after visiting the museum or just so in between! In this jam-packed art quiz box you will find: 24 world-renowned painter, 24 selected paintings, 72...
User summary 驚異の部屋:芸術に隠されたアレゴリー (Kyoui no heya: Geijutsu ni kakusareta allegory) in English means 'Rooms of Wonder: Allegories hidden in the art'. The publisher also refers to it in German as Wunderkammer. Allegories are symbolic items which are drawn in several Western paintings to imply an abstract or spiritual meaning. In the game of Wunderkammer, you...
L'Aquila e il Leone - La Battaglia di Vicenza - 7 ottobre 1513 is a wargame for two players that aims to recreate the battle that took place in the areas close to the city of Vicenza between the armies of the League of Cambrai and the Most Serene Republic of Venice. The players pull chits indicating which section of the battle field is activated, with a...
In the renaissance families like the Medici stood up to seize power. People like Machiavelli wrote books about Utilitarianism and real-politik. Condottieri roamed the Italian landscape searching for fame and fortune. It was a time full of feud and vendettas. Even Shakespeare wrote a piece about love and hate between two families in Verona, the Capulets and...
A simple tactical wargame covering the battle of Anthon 1430 in France, between the Prince of Orange, ally of the Burgundians, and Bernard de Saluces, allied to the King of France. The wargame uses the Au fil de l'épée game system published in Vae Victis magazine #45, emphasizing on leaders command. It includes: - a 29 x 21 cm map - 25 counters to be cut...
La Bataille de Nancy: 5 Janvier 1477 covers the battle of Nancy that saw the victory of the young Duke of Lorraine René II over the Burgundian army and the death of Charles Le Téméraire, causing the end of the Duchy of Burgundy. Forces of Lorraine have to rout the Burgaundian army that is besieging Nancy, the capital city of Lorraine. Game mechanisms are...