War of the Roses

Jerry Taylor, the celebrated designer of the Hammer of the Scots and Crusader Rex, has designed a new game, The War of the Roses, based on the block system.

Contents
63 large wooden blocks
Labels
Mapboard
Rules
42 event cards
8 heir cards
4 Dice

Quoting the website:

"War of the Roses is an epic two-player game about the long and bloody dynastic struggle between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England. The game depicts both the vicious military campaigns and the rich political struggles that surrounded the rule of the mad-king Henry VI, the Yorkist usurper Edward VI, Richard III, and the first Tudor king, Henry VII.

Also strutting across the game's stage are Richard of York, patriarch of the house of Plantagenet, Richard Neville, the notorious "Kingmaker", Margaret of Anjou, the iron-queen of Lancaster, and Edward the Prince of Wales.
War of the Roses expands on the award-winning Hammer of the Scots game system by greatly enriching the card deck. "Holding your cards close to your vest" has never meant more. Players can launch or foil conspiracies, bring Scotland into the war, hire mercenaries, flee into exile, employ spies, bribe neutral nobles, call up the standing army at Calais, mobilize the powerful Northern or Welsh Marches, or even marshal the fickle winds of fate to threaten the best laid plans of the enemy."

The wargame is now available for pre-order.


Source: www.columbiagames.com