The Book of Medieval Wargames (1984)

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Playtime: 60
Min. Age: 10
Players: 2 - 12
Publisher: Bellew Publishing Co., Harper & Row
Designers: Nicholas Slope
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Hexagon Grid, Simultaneous Action Selection

This large format book contains an accessible history of knights, chivalry, heraldry and medieval warfare and includes 4 games. The book includes:
- knight pieces, which are thin cardboard figures that stand up with plastic stands. Each knight in game has a different herald.
- a card for each knight to track abilities and injuries, (Each knight in the game has different ratings.)
- a board with a pop-up section, showing the nobles and masses watching the festivities.

The games are:
Joust: A simple double bluff game where the pairs of jousters pick a target area on their opponent and determine who was unseated.
Tourney: A small battle of knights mounted on horseback.
Melee: A small battle of knights on foot.
Battle: A game that combines both mounted knights and knights on foot.

These games are simple, small-scale wargames. They do include facing of each knight and combat is resolved on a series of flowcharts.



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