The Tyrant must be eliminated! In Matem o Rei, you must kill the King by moving your assassin among the guests of the masquerade. Using poisons, daggers, and bombs, you need to be the first to depose the Despot. But beware, the other players may stop you by changing the direction of the dance! Matem o Rei contains 48 cards, 17 masks and a board. During...
Medici: The Card Game is a new design by Reiner Knizia that shares the setting and feel of the classic Medici board game, without using that game's auction mechanisms. In 15th century Florence, players try to acquire the most valuable goods for their merchant ships by drawing 1-3 cards from a common deck each turn. After drawing, the active player must...
“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...