Dark Ages is a five player Brit game that is longer than Brit, covering European history 406-1250. It was played at WBC a few years ago, and that's when it...
... I think there would either be a lot of time used to settle disagreement or a huge number of cards being drawn each round to answer every little detail of...
I am slowly typing the scoresheets from last year's WBC tournament. The majority have had errors; in one case the errors affected placing, though not who won. ...
i find brit is a long game involving a lot of beer. not only is the scoring tricky towards the end, but there is a big advantage to anyone not having to work...
Could anyone clarify whether the Saxons, Normans and Norwegians get population increase in round 16 in addition to their special reinforcements? Also are they...
... Yes, they do. The rules as written don't exclude them, therefore they receive it. They all just get a bonus. ... Yes, they are. The only nations that...
I expect to be at WBC in Lancaster Pa beginning sometime in the morning of 6 Aug. I'm not sure how late I'll be able to stay (accommodation problems), though...
Thanks. My Fantasy Flight rule booklet is slightly confusing in that there is a paragraph saying Norman and Norwegian population increase counters would not...
They don't need the counters in the standard game, because they have no territories in round 15 so have no Increase, and round 16 is the last of the game so...
... The reason Normans and Norwegians don't need population counters is because they have no later round to save excess points for. But if you make scenarios...
... True enough. I tend to think of it the other way in my head since I learned the AH version first, but this is the correct way to state the rules. ...
Ok I am interested, but have never played by e-mail before .. I have played the FFG and old AH version of Britannia quite a few times however. I look ...
As I indicated in my e-mail. I don't have any e-mail gaming experience, but I would very much like to give it a shot. I am familiar with FFG's Britannia,...
I've made a folder in the files section and posted the Excel and Adobe files with the scoresheets from WBC 2007 Brit tournament that I've been typing the past...
... I doubt it. Firstly, it is very difficult to audit the scores when you use markers. Secondly, markers of different values look sufficiently alike that...
FFG intended to use a scoring track; I suggested it would be a poor idea. They came up with the scoring tokens method. Which has the considerable advantage...
I'm going to try to apply the "Gateway Brit" methods to the actual board, retaining the actual nations and colors, perhaps with simplified scoring so people...
... I always play with public scoring, so this is not an issue for me. But I agree that making scores non-public (though knowable if people bother to keep...
The groups I've played with have never used scoring markers for a game with as complex scoring as Britannia. We always use a computerized or paper scoresheet....
Personal Impressions (NOT a review) of China: The Middle Kingdom (Decision Games, designed by Tani Chen) This is not a review because I have not, and likely...
46 nations and 24 turns - that's more my kind of scale! BGG has a pic of the map: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/26999 I also dislike the coloured areas,...
... But only 28 areas actually in play... ... Good idea. No, no submission in China. There's not enough room on the board for submitted nations to be sitting...
I have played the new short version of Britannia (same sides, same move order, same armies) twice. It appears it will be a two hour game, or 2.5 with...
I have posted the files for "Britannia Brevis". I've included a blow-by-blow account of the third time I played, which will be the last for quite a while with...
About 4AM this morning I realized I'd not made sufficiently explicit how Romans work in difficult terrain--not the same as full Britannia. I also realized that...
Lew, reading your Brit Brevis timetable and game 3 summary, it feels like you're missing a turn 3.5, in which the Angles and Saxons can dominate the RB's &...
