Produktbeschreibung
A game about the campaigns fought during the Italian Wars (1494-1530).
This second volume includes all the major campaigns fought in Southern Italy:
- Ferrandino’s War, 1495-96, the Aragonese, with the help of El Gran Capitán, retake the Kingdom of Naples to the French.
- The fight for the Kingdom of Naples, 1502-1503, the French and Spanish, led by El Gran Capitán, fight for the Kingdom of Naples. This campaign historically included the two most famous battles of Cerignola and Garigliano (1503), where Cordoba gained the title "El Gran Capitán".
- Lautrec’s last chance, 1528, the unfortunate campaign of Lautrec to conquer Naples once again
- The crusade of Charles VIII (a what-if scenario), 1495-96, what if Charles VIII would have not decided to come back to France soon after his conquer of the Kingdom of Naples ?
These were longer campaigns with respect to the first game, and fought on larger areas.
Scale has been adapted to these facts (3x in space and time)
- The game system of All is lost save Honour, scaled 3x to adapt it to campaigns which were longer and fought on much wider areas
- Operational-level warfare in the XVIth century
- Highly interactive sequence of play, focused on manoeuvre and careful planning
- Various forms of combat: Major battles,Skirmishes, Sieges
- A 22" x 34" fine-art map , reproducing all of XVIth southern Italy, based on an accurate study of ancient maps and sources
- Gorgeous iconic counters representing all the main Capitani who fought there and the different combat units
- Detailed (as it is possible) order of battle, with combat units differentiated by strength, maximum movement, quality and reliability
- Very low counter density and limited play time |
