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Here I Stand (500th Anniversary Reprint Edition)

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  1. 10 out of 10

    Actually I own the earlier edition. Love the subject, love to play Protestants/Luther. Salient subject in my personal history and my family History. fascinating period in History, The opening of the New World, Henry the Eighth, Islamic Armies banging on Europes' Eastern Door. Printing Press, Renaissance. "I drink Like a German and Eat like a Bohemian. Thank God!" - Martin Luther

  2. 10 out of 10

    Really?! A separate entry for the new edition?! A few tweaks and BOOM ludological apartheid! This is the third edition of Here I Stand, and anyone seeking support or discussion is well advised to find their way there.

  3. 5 out of 10

    The theme and some of the mechanics are superb. However, while the scope of the game is impressive, there is too much chrome and the game is too long. Rolling buckets of dice all the time also feels archaic and anticlimactic. Religious actions are especially tedious. I'd love to see a more streamlined version of this one day.

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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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