Won by the Sword

Great Campaigns of the Thirty Years War is a two-player game of operational warfare in the 17th Century. Armies maneuver on a point to point map of Southern Germany based on the road network available at the time. Each game is centered around a major battle or full campaign season. A Turn is a month divided into a variable number of impulses. Each army has a hand of Campaign Cards that control the amount of activity it may perform, the supplies it must expend, and a special action.

Each impulse features one card play per army. Forces are concealed off map so players are faced with limited knowledge of the enemy. The major activities are maneuver, foraging, besieging fortifications, and an occasional battle. A low-complexity game with emphasis on the players maneuvering their forces, but many decisions await. The low rules complexity allows each player, rather than being encumbered with rules, to focus on choices regarding how to manage his campaign.

COMPONENTS:

One 34"x22" map

Four countersheets

One deck of 55 cards

One Rules Booklet

One Campaign Booklet

One 8.5"x11" Battle Board

Two 8.5"x11" Player Force Cards

Two 11"x17" Player Aid Cards

One 10-sided die