Description
"The Fate of the Reiters" is a grand-tactical simulation of French Religion wars that occurred in France from 1562 to 1598. Using the same game system from By Shot, Shock, and Faith, it recreates five battles of the era between Catholics and Huguenots on area-maps.
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.
Compared to the previous opus, the graphics of the counters have been revised to improve their readability. Henceforth, a Combat Rating inside an orange triangle denotes a unit armed with shock weapons (pole arms, etc.) while a unit that fires at close range has its Combat Rating inside a yellow disk.
Fate of the Reiters presents five battles from this period:
- COGNAT (6th January 1568)
- DORMANS (10th October 1575)
- VIMORY (26th October 1587)
- AUNEAU (24th November 1587)
- MÉTRIEUX (10th December 1587)
GAME COMPONENTS
- 2 A2 maps (597 x 420 mm) (two printed out on both sides)
- 1 A3 map (420 x 297 mm) (printed on one side)
- 234 die-cut counters of 15 mm (2 sheets in A4 side)
- A rules booklet printed in full-color with examples (20 pages)
- Play aids and scenarios sheets
- 2 dice
