Card driven sulla carta fantastico e fantastico pure da giocare. Peccato che in mezzo ci sia un manuale GMT di 42 pagine e la necessità di spiegare il gioco a altri 5 giocatori che poi dovranno partecipare come minimo a 8h di partita, senza contare che la prima volta sarà per imparare le regole e le fazioni.
bello, veramente tanto bello, ma veramente difficile da intavolare.
paradossalmente per certi versi meglio in 3 anche se si perde la parte diplomazia, che è molto interessante.
alcuni limiti notati dopo un paio di partite neanche finite: la lotta religiosa è un pochetto scollegata dal resto e si riduce spesso a tirare secchi di dadi, tra l'altro mentre gli altri giocatori vi guardano senza nessun interesse.
tempi morti, un po' troppi.
Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 is the first game in over 25 years to cover the political and religious conflicts of early 16th Century Europe. Few realize that the greatest feats of Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ignatius of Loyola, Henry VIII, Charles V, Francis I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernán Cortés, and Nicolaus Copernicus all fall within this narrow 40-year period of history. This game covers all the action of the period using a unique card-driven game system that models both the political and religious conflicts of the period on a single point-to-point map.
There are six main powers in the game, each with a unique path to victory:
The Ottomans
The Habsburgs
The English
The Valois Dynasty of France
The Papacy
The Protestants
Here I Stand is the first card-driven game to prominently feature secret deal-making. A true six-sided diplomatic struggle, the game places a heavy emphasis on successful alliance-building through negotiations that occur away from the table during the pre-turn Diplomacy Phase. Set during the period in which Niccolò Machiavelli published his masterpiece "The Prince," backstabbing is always possible, especially because the card deck is loaded with event and response cards that can be played by any power to disrupt the plans of the powers in the lead.
Here I Stand integrates religion, politics, economics, and diplomacy in a card-driven design. Games vary in length from 3–4 hours for a tournament scenario up to full campaign games that run about twice the time. Rules to play games with 3, 4, or 5 players are also included. The 3-player game is just as well balanced as the standard 6-player configuration, taking advantage of the natural alliances of the period.
Game Components:
Four full-color counter sheets
One 22" × 34" full-color mapsheet (Deluxe edition: Mounted Mapboard)
110 Strategy cards
Ten 6-sided dice
32-page Rulebook
24-page Campaign Manual
Six 8.5" × 5.5" Power Cards
Two Player Aid Cards (two-sided) Game Features
The 2010 Deluxe Edition also contains the 2-player variant rules and cards
- Here I Stand
- Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555
