“In 1571 Pope Pius V succeeded in uniting Spain, Venice, and the other Mediterranean Christian powers into the Holy League. The Holy League fleet was commanded by Don Juan. They encountered the Turkish fleet near Lepanto and won a decisive victory . . . Lepanto was the largest naval battle of the renaissance, and the last great battle of the oared galleys....
This game is a variation of the classic Memory. With the stroke of their paintbrush, the old masters changed the art of painting around the sixteenth and seventeenth century. But also in the centuries preceding and following that, they pioneered with their characteristic painting styles and emotional depictions on canvas. The power of paint, colors...
Agincourt is, as far as the English are concerned, one of the most remarkable, and famous, battles in medieval history. Makes most Englishmen almost forget what a sour-faced prig Henry V really was. Outnumbered by as much as 4 to 1, tired, sick and in pitiful shape, Henry V’s rag-tag army raised the three basic precepts of English tactics of the era to...
Tempest világán a kereskedők élete sem csak játék és mese... Egy-egy kereskedőcsaládot kell irányítanotok a Mercanteban és lehetőleg minél nagyobb vagyont felhalmozni, mindezt pedig úgy érhetitek el, ha olcsón vesztek árut és drágán adjátok el. A Mercante a második játék a Tempest – sorozatban (Courtier, Love letter,Mercante, Dominare). Ezúttal az udvari...
A board game covering diplomacy, military and political strategy and economics during the Renaissance. The players become merchant princes trying to alter the course of world events in return for good profits. Mercenary was designed with the aim of filling two gaps in the field of wargaming. Firstly, it is a game involving diplomacy and intrigue that can...
Players take the role of businessmen during the 14th through 16th century in coastal Europe. They can explore the seas and new lands, establish trade routes with foreign villages, gain influence in government through bribes, fight naval battles, trade shares of stock in maritime and colonial companies, engage in piracy, and invest in government and company...
Your goal in Merchants is to make as much money as possible, ideally by having the right goods at the right time to earn more at the peak of sales. To start, lay out six goods cards face up in a demand row. Goods cards come in six colors, and the more cards of a color on display, the more in demand that good is. Each player gets a hand of three goods cards...
Is Merchants of Amsterdam, players are attempting to be in first or second place majorities in a variety of categories throughout the game. These include commodity markets, trading colonies, and warehouses in Amsterdam. On a player's turn, that player draws three cards and decides how to resolve them for the turn. A player can either remove the card from...
Metras is a game for 3-4 players with an approximate duration of 15 minutes per player. You become the head of a Noble Family of the Empire of Metras seeking the favor of Emperor. You will hold lavish parties, resort to intrigue and corruption, or face epic missions on behalf of the Emperor. For your Family to succeed, you will have to place and use allies...