https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/collections/all.atom vaibhavhospital 2023-04-21T08:46:34-04:00 vaibhavhospital https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/6912918421555 2023-04-21T08:46:34-04:00 2023-04-21T08:46:34-04:00 Marignan 1515: la chevauchée de François 1er en Italie Board Games Ludifolie Editions

Vendor: Ludifolie Editions
Type: Board Games
Price: 42.95

Designer Philippe Hardy
Publisher Ludifolie Editions
Players 2
Playtime 180-300 mins
Suggested Age 15 and up

Marignan 1515: la chevauchée de François Ier en Italie (Marignan 1515: the ride of Francis I in Italy) is the new opus of the “Gold & Steel” series started with Les guerres de Bourgogne (Wars of Burgundy).

This is an historical simulation of the 5th War of Italy - July 1515 to February 1517 – featuring Marignano battle: a French victory that shapes the relationships with the Swiss confederacy for centuries in ending their supremacy on battlefields and will reach this year its 500th anniversary

One player leads the French armies and their allies (Republics of Venetia and Genoa and the other one is in command of the Swiss Confederacy and its allies – the Holly League - (Papal states, Duchy of Milano, Holly Roman Empire, Kingdom of Naples). The goal of both of them is to take control of the Duchy of Milano and Venetian territories hold by the Empire, win pitched battles or major sieges, and neutralise the opponent's allies.

One key element of the game is collecting enough resource each turn (the gold) to pay all the mercenaries troops (the steel); German landsknechts and Swiss soldiers. Otherwise they will quit the battlefield… The money can be used to neutralize enemy allies as well.

This is both a strategic & tactical game with armies and garrisons evolving on the main strategic map representing Northern and Middle Italy and units fighting on a tactical map featuring a typical XVIth century battleground. Units are men-at-arms, pikemen, crossbowmen, halberdiers, harquebusiers, swords & bucklers, jinetes and stradiots (both light cavalrymen) pioneers, cannons, from 1,500 to 2,000 men at full strength, 750 to 1,000 horsemen or 100 cannons of all calibres. The specifics fighting elements of that period are added with tactical chits (rolling shots, infantry or cavalry charges, harassment, ditch, fence, clash of pikes, feint, hedgehog, cannon battery, etc.), arms combination – early Tercios - and events such as rain, snow, minor ally no fight or betrayal, no wing deployment, no money no mercenaries, Alle Freunde (all friends). Optional rule includes a hidden crossing of the Alps Mountains.

The complete sequence of a turn:
I/ Kingdom of France
1) Reinforcement, replacement
2) Strategic move
3) Attrition phase
4) Combat phase (battles & sieges)
II/ Holy League
Same sequence
III/ Diplomatic phase
Check for victory

]]> 2-Players-Only Age_12+ Arrival-Apr 25 2023 Arrival-Jul 15 2023 Arrival-May 21 2023 Arrival-New-Apr-24-30-2023 Availability_In Stock BGG-Set Category_Wargames INV-M INV-M-Z Non-TCG Players Maximum_2 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120+ Minutes Playtime Minimum_120+ Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230430 Restock-20230604 Restock-20230618 Year Published_2010s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/6912918421555 Default Title 42.95 LF-Marignan 1623 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/4675603562547 2020-09-14T03:08:50-04:00 2020-09-14T03:08:50-04:00 The Fate of Reiters: Five Battles of the French Wars of Religion Board Games Hexasim

Vendor: Hexasim
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer Philippe Hardy
Publisher Hexasim
Players 2
Playing Time 30-120 mins
Suggested Age 15 and up

The Fate of Reiters is a new game of the series By Shot, Shock and Faith (in French: "Par le feu, le fer et la foi") allows the simulation of religious wars that occurred in France from 1562 to 1598. This civil war opposes, in a first conflict phase, protestants- otherwise known as Huguenots- to catholics, then royalists to League members after the accession of Henri IV to the throne in 1589.
The art of war during this period of the Renaissance is rapidly changing. The great feudal landlords, steeped in morals, fight alongside mercenaries motivated by sole cupidity. The diversity of the weapons that are used offers great tactical possibilities, based on impact and fire. Gendarmes, cuirassiers, reiters, harquebusiers, lansquenets and Swiss mercenaries confront each other in a merciless fight.
The Fate of Reiters is a grand tactical game which, for the first time, allows the simulation of five battles of that era :
COGNAT : January 6th, 1568
DORMANS : October 10th, 1575
AUNEAU : November 24th, 1587
VIMORY : October 26th, 1587
METRIEUX (aka VIRE-CULS) December 10th, 1587

This is a classic game system ; « I go, You go », of average complexity, including, during the active player's phase, a sequence of reaction from the passive player, such as fire, counter-charge or tactical backstep. The maps are whith areas from 300 to 500 m by side. A color code allows to easily determine the costs of movements and the line of sight. The scale of the game is one unit for 100 to 500 soldiers or one or two guns. One game turn represents a duration of 20 to 30 minutes. A corps represents either a vanguard or a rearguard, or the main body called battle.
The combats allow to simulate charges « in wall », the merciless shocks between pikemen, the artillery fire and highlight, by a support system, the combination of iron -shock- and fire -shooting. The optional rules- caracoles, orders, lost children, looting- add even more realism to the era's battles. The rules and the five battles offered are based on a thorough bibliography and researches made into books written by contemporary authors, specifically François de la Noue for the Protestants and Blaise de Montluc for the Catholics, and also on precise topographical plans of each battlefield that is still accessible... Are you ready to put on the Henri de Guise, Duke of Lorraine and fight your enemies the famous German mercenaries? The Fate of Reiters is the second opus of By Shot, Shock and Faith (P3F). This new HEXASIM game offers you this option with an innovating and elegant game.

—description from the publisher

]]> 2-Players-Only 2023-LD 2023-LD-20 Age_12+ Arrival-Jul 28 2022 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Wargames Google-True INV-F INV-M-Z INV-T Players Maximum_2 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120 Minutes Playtime Minimum_30 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220721 Restock-20230904 Stocky-Clearance Year Published_2010s https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/4675603562547 Default Title 79.95 HEX REIT 735 https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/9351745293 2017-03-15T17:26:00-04:00 2017-03-15T17:26:00-04:00 By Shot, Shock and Faith (aka Par le feu, le fer et la Foi) Board Games Hexasim

Vendor: Hexasim
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer Philippe Hardy
Publisher Hexasim
Players 2
Playtime 120 mins
Suggested Age 14 and up

Par le feu, le fer et la foi (By Shot, Shock and Faith) allows the simulation of religious wars that occurred in France from 1562 to 1598. This civil war opposes, in a first conflict phase, protestants- otherwise known as Huguenots- to catholics, then royalists to League members after the accession of Henri IV to the throne in 1589.

The art of war during this period of the Renaissance is rapidly changing. The great feudal landlords, steeped in morals, fight alongside mercenaries motivated by sole cupidity. The diversity of the weapons that are used offers great tactical possibilities, based on impact and fire. Gendarmes, cuirassiers, reiters, harquebusiers, lansquenets and Swiss mercenaries confront each other in a merciless fight.

By Shot, Shock and Faith is a grand tactical game which, for the first time, allows the simulation of five battles of that era :
SAINT-DENIS (November 10th, 1567) [...]
JARNAC (March 13th, 1569) [...]
LA ROCHE L'ABEILLE (June 25th, 1569)[...]
COUTRAS (October 20th, 1587)[...]
ARQUES (September 21st, 1589) [...]

This is a classic game system ; « I go, You go », of average complexity, including, during the active player's phase, a sequence of reaction from the passive player, such as fire, counter-charge or tactical backstep. The maps are whith areas from 300 to 500 m by side. A color code allows to easily determine the costs of movements and the line of sight. The scale of the game is one unit for 100 to 500 soldiers or one or two guns. One game turn represents a duration of 20 to 30 minutes. A corps represents either a vanguard or a rearguard, or the main body called battle.

The combats allow to simulate charges « in wall », the merciless shocks between pikemen, the artillery fire and highlight, by a support system, the combination of iron -shock- and fire -shooting. The optional rules- caracoles, orders, lost children, looting- add even more realism to the era's battles. The rules and the five battles offered are based on a thorough bibliography and researches made into books written by (non???) contemporary authors, specifically François de la Noue for the Protestants and Blaise de Montluc for the Catholics, and also on precise topographical plans of each battlefield that is still accessible, except for Saint-Denis... Are you ready to put on the Prince of Condé's, the admiral of Coligny's, the constable of Montmorency's, Anne de Joyeuse's or Henri of Navarre's armours and to fight your enemies « By Shot, Shock and Faith » ? P3F, the new HEXASIM opus offers you this option with an innovating and elegant game.

Components

three A2 maps (597x420 mm) (two printed out on both sides, one on one side only)
540 die-cut counters of 15mm (2 sheets in A4 size, 1 in A5 size)
A rules booklet printed in full-color (16 pages)
An examples booklet printed in full-color (16 pages)
Play aids
2 dice




(source: Hexasim website)

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