Hollandspiele | SKU: HS035

Horse & Musket III: Crucible of War

Name: Horse & Musket III: Crucible of War
Brand: Hollandspiele
SKU: HS035
Price: 89.95 CAD
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Designer	Sean Chick
Publisher	Hollandspiele
Players	1-2
Playtime	30-60 mins
Suggested Age	0 and up
Additional Info	233357/horse-musket-iii-crucible-war http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233357/horse-musket-iii-crucible-war/forums/63

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Horse & Musket: Crucible of War is the second expansion to Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era. This volume will cover warfare from 1749-1767, when linear musket combat was at its apogee. This era was dominated by the world sweeping Seven Years' War. The war saw dramatic shifts in fortune, but when all was over Prussia survived and Britain’s empire doubled in size. In this conflict light troops and cavalry charges became more common and bold. Artillery was more accurate and heavy, with canister being used to sweep away opponents. Infantry firefights became prolonged.

The battles include...

Monongahela - July 17, 1755 – Braddock’s Defeat

Lake George - September 8, 1755 – Bloody Morning Scout

Lobositz - October 1, 1756 – “These are not the same Austrians.”

Kolin - June 18, 1757 – “Rascals, would you live forever?”

Plassey - June 23, 1757 – The Birth of British Bengal

Hastenback - July 26, 1757 – The Convention of Klosterzeven

Rossbach - November 5, 1757 – “Après nous, le deluge”

Leuthen - December 5, 1757 – Frederick II’s Greatest Victory

Krefeld - June 23, 1758 – Brunswick’s Masterpiece

Fort Carillon - July 8, 1758 – Montcalm’s Cross

Zorndorf - August 25, 1758 – Savagery on the Meitzel River

Bergen - April 13, 1759 – Krefeld Avenged

La Belle-Famille - July 24, 1759 – The Fate of Fort Niagara

Montmorecy - July 31, 1759 – Wolfe’s Bloody Blunder

Minden - August 1, 1759 – The Day of Roses

Kunersdorf - August 12, 1759 – “I believe that everything is lost”

Plains of Abraham - September 13, 1759 – “The paths of glory lead but to the grave…”

Torgau - November 3, 1760 – Zieten Saves the Day

Villinghausen - July 15-16, 1761 – Soubise’s Blunder

Freiberg - October 29, 1762 – The Last Battle of the Seven Years’ War

Kelp: fun but a bit lopsided

My partner and I have played this a couple times from both roles and while it’s fun, it definitely feels like the odds are stacked perhaps a little too heavily against the shark. Because of this, it can be tough to convince people to play as it sort of feels like you already know who is going to win by which character you get. That said, I will still continue to play it for the challenge of trying to win with the shark…it will likely just not feature very heavily in my two player game rotation.

Tous ceux avec qui j'ai joué l'ont adoré!

Pour moi j'ai acheté les boitiers rouge et violet afin de jouer avec plus de personnes et ensuite j'ai acheté le coffret Deluxe pour l'offrir en cadeau.

Great game!

A great shedding game where you play poker hands and power cards.

Nightfall Lite but Not Nightfall 2.0

If you liked Nightfall, but thought individual creature combat was too tedious? You'll probably like this.

If you liked Nightfall but thought the game was too slow to ramp up, or too long to finish/hand out all wounds, you'll like this.

If you thought Nightfall's "Private Archive" claims ended to overpower the game based on luck of the draw, you'll like Unchained's 3x3 market grid.
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As far as deck builders go, I like Unchained. It will take awhile to really know the card power combos. The symbols look overwhelming at first, but are kind of intuitive once you're used to how the cards work. Combat is total offense vs total defense and result is one fatigue (wound). So no MTG-ish "creature 1 attacks player B and creature 2 takes 3 wounds against player C." It does speed up and simplify the game a lot. The 3x3 card market is brilliant. You can get cards you want and/or clear out cards you don't want your opponents to get. Much more variety of cards to cycle through than 8+2 archives = 10 cards to choose from per game.

Solid 4/5 all around. I'd give 5/5 if there was a happy medium in combat between Nightfall and Unchained. Not as super simplified as Unchained, but not like Nightfall's individual cards combat. Maybe a power on some cards "stays in play after combat" so there's a larger chance of different strategies than "I punch you, you punch me, repeat"

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