Hello fellow gamers! Another great blog by the game Designer Jason St. Juste: The ‘Glorious’ First of June or the Combat de Prairial Not many people know about the naval battle that has gone down in history as “The Glorious First of June”, therefore I am very delighted to be… Read more "1793 Patriots & Traitors Stories: Part 4 – The Glorious First of June"
Hello fellow gamers! Another great blog by the game Designer Jason St. Juste: The political factions in 1793: the more the merrier???? In 1793: Patriots & Traitors the players will be choosing one of the five political parties that played an important role in politics in the turbulent years 1792-1794.… Read more "1793 Patriots & Traitors Stories: Part 3 – The political factions in 1793: the more the merrier????"
Hello fellow gamers! What did I want to bring to the (dinner) table? With 1793: Patriots & Traitors I wanted to design THE French Revolution game. There are only a very few French Revolution games out there and these focus mainly on the military aspect – such as Levée en… Read more "1793 Patriots & Traitors Stories: Part 2 – What did I want to bring to the (dinner) table?"
Hello fellow gamers! Why 1793: Patriots & Traitors? by Jason St. Just – Game Designer & Historian I remember how I dreaded moving to Paris as a 10 year old, I remember how my pillow was soaked in tears when I was told that the move was going to happen…… Read more "1793 Patriots & Traitors Stories: Part 1 – Why 1793: Patriots & Traitors?"
Hello fellow gamers! Alternative Victory Conditions Dear backers and followers of our campaign! Thank you so much for joining this exciting journey of “History of the Ancients Seas” on KS! We are very close to unlock the stretch goal “Alternative Victory Conditions”. Today we would like to talk about these. To win a… Read more "History of the Ancient Seas Stories: Part 8 – Alternative Victory Conditions"
Hello fellow gamers! PERSIA vs. GREECE Here is the story of the two factions that are maybe the most difficult to play: Persia and the Greek city states. Both face the same dilemma at the beginning of the game: There is not much territory to take control over. The Persian… Read more "History of the Ancient Seas Stories: Part 7 – Persia vs. Greece"
Hello fellow gamers! Expansions and Kickstarter Early Bird Here is the story about the expansions for the game series. Many designers put everything they have in their creative mind into a game. The intention is good. You will find a lot of extras, chrome and fancy stuff. That is nice… Read more "History of the Ancient Seas Stories: Part 6 – Expansions and Kickstarter Early Bird"
Hello fellow gamers! ROME vs. CARTHAGE Here is the story of the very interesting situation in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea: ROME vs. CARTHAGE. In order to win the game as Rome or Carthage in the 5-player game it is evident that you need to control a huge… Read more "History of the Ancient Seas Stories: Part 5 – Rome vs. Carthage"
Hello fellow gamers! The Mediterranean Sea in the Ancients. Was it all desert? Rhetorical question. Why do I ask this? Some weeks ago, a fellow gamer asked that question while we were posting artwork of the map. The intention of our first design was to use color in a more… Read more "New map artwork illustration"
Hello fellow gamers! Today we are happy to announce that we settled on the final meeple artwork. We have seen samples from our manufactures and after a little fine tuning here and there we are happy now. Laser cutting makes this all possible, the traditional carving methods are sadly too… Read more "New meeples artwork"
