What is your nomination for the strangest rule in B2? Not necessarily a good rule or a bad rule, obvious or non-obvious, just "strange" or "peculiar". I had...
boats rule eg wessex to essex impossible! skye to mar, no wuckers. Luke ... From: Lewis Pulsipher To: eurobrit@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006...
... I would say the Brigante submission to the Angles -- only some of the Brigantes get protection from Angle attack, but all suffer the limitations of...
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/111933 Generally very positive. I have submitted a review of my own to rpg.net. With luck, it should appear in about a...
Yes, George seems to like the game. And he's the only one I know of who's played one of those two scenarios I posted, even made special pieces for it (photos...
... Yes, though the columns are mainly about rpgs, there are reviews also for board gamaes, card games and occasional game-related books and films. Torben...
Here are the results of "drafting" for a three player game. The order for the last three picks was randomized. ... Luke (C) chooses Norsemen Pekka (B) chooses...
Something at Origins made me think about "play the next move" contests. You know, you give everyone a particular arrangement of pieces, tell them what turn it...
... As you say, there is no single optimal answer, so judging will be hard and likely to generate ill will from people who think their move is "clearly...
If the judges are respected players, I don't know that there would be big problems about "subjectivity". Subjective opinions, coming from knowledgeable...
... And I'm sure you will get a lot of pro/con discussions about each move. Which is good, I suppose. ... The contestants do not have to think in terms of...
Yes, the "puzzles" would be hard work. The "obvious", though rather detailed, contest would be for the best Roman attack strategy. However, this one WOULD be...
Hello Folks, Just a short note to any Australians on this list - Games Paradise www.gamesparadise.com.au have Britannia on sale for $59.95 - this is the...
Odd that this list seems to be losing folks rather than gaining--I'm talking about contributors--despite the new version of the game being available... Maybe...
The thing about the Tolkien universe is that it is more like mythology than history. Somehow the game mechanisms would need to convey the importance of...
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I have the WOTR game, though it isn't my kind of game and I haven't played it. This game would need to cover as much of the...
... Well, elves are immortal, so their leaders should last until killed in battle (or leaving to the west). Both dwarves and Dunedain are long-lived, so their...
... At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Arda#Third_Age there is a timelinefor the 3rd age with links to articles about specific persons and events....
I think this would have to be a very different type of game, as I just can't see the Brit system working well for Middle Earth. For example, many Middle Earth...
If the roman forbids a subject nation to leave a specific area, does this only apply to movement phase only or does it also apply to retreat from combat which...
... Yes, the Elves are not a problem, dwarves not bad, but for most of the realms of men there are few named individuals. I fairly commonly in my games now let...
If by "Brit system" you mean the whole shebang, I'd agree. A lot will have to be modified. Battles with stupendous results (one side completely overthrown)...
Are Ring Wraiths or Wizards treated as leader ? They exits almost through the Third Age, and will be freely placed in the sense of Brit-like timescales... ...
Are you allowed to cover the entire third age, or just the events described in detail in the narrative? ... will ... games, ... reluctant to ... WOTR) ... ...
... A possible solution is to have turns covering different time spans. This is already more or less done in "Hispania" (the final turn before Romans leave...
... There are hundreds of variant Diplomacy boards including at least four set in Middle Earth. Just about all of them would be suitable for Brit, though...
The Witch King of Angmar (Chief Nazgul) is certainly a leader. But they and Sauron tended to keep their heads down and do nothing overt until the WOTR. Same...
