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Here I Stand (500th Anniversary Reprint Edition)

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  1. 8.5 out of 10

    A very complete game about the Reformation. Very complex and unique, the game itself is very long, but the experience playing it was very satisfactory. I wish I could play it again soon, now that I understand a little bit more the implications of decisions I made in the beginning of the game, I would make things different next time.

  2. 6 out of 10

    An interesting game and one where you come to the limits of the BGG rating system: It really captures the feeling of the epoch and gives every player a ton of different options. There´s a lot of player interaction and negotiation, and sooo much chrome. Military, diplomacy, theological debates, book(and sometimes debaters) burning, piracy, exploration and conquest of the new world, getting your wife pregnant,...all this and much more is there to find in this game. But it´s also really complex, goes on for a long time and often feels terribly slow. I always feel pretty frustrated when playing it. I should have fun, but I simply don´t. Not sure if I´ll ever play tghis again.

  3. 10 out of 10

    Even if it takes a full day for this gigant, allways fun to play this 6 player historical epoch game (and as social event, it's not about winning ;-) . The richness of of it is awesome.

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Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 is the first game in over 25 years to cover the political and religious conflicts of early 16th Century Europe. Few realize that the greatest feats of Martin Luther, Jean Calvin, Ignatius Loyola, Henry VIII, Charles V, Francis I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortes, and Nicolaus Copernicus all fall within this narrow 40-year period of history. This game covers all the action of the period using a unique card-driven game system that models both the political and religious conflicts of the period on a single point-to-point map.

There are six main powers in the game, each with a unique path to victory.

Here I Stand was due for a reprint in 2017, but with October 31, 2017 being the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses, Ed Beach and his team of Here I Stand enthusiasts have put together a series of enhancements to the original game that transform this reprint into a deluxe 500th anniversary treatment.

500th Anniversary Edition Enhancements include:

6 brand new cards added to the deck, including Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Rough Wooing, and Imperial Coronation.
Revisions to over 15 existing cards including Copernicus, Master of Italy, and Machiavelli to allow for more exciting in-game play and additional possibilities for diplomatic deals.
A new Chateau construction table is now used to resolve France’s Patron of the Arts home card plays.
Several Virgin Queen rule updates are incorporated back into Here I Stand, affecting minor power activation, piracy, spice trading, and foreign wars.

Game Components:

Four and a half full-color counter sheets
116 Strategy Cards
One 22"x34" Mounted Mapsheet
Player Aid Cards (11"x17" & 8.5"x11")
Rules/Scenario Book
One ten-sided die

DESIGNER: Ed Beach
MAP & CARD ART: Mark Simonitch
COUNTER ART: Mark Simonitch and Rodger B. MacGowan

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time

180m – 360m
Designer

Ed Beach
Mechanics

Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Negotiation, Political, Religious, Renaissance, Wargame
Publisher

Devir, Ergo Ludo Editions, GMT Games
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