presentation

Der Vetternkrieg

Lancaster versus York

Conflict in 15^th century England between the houses of York and Lancaster; this war was originally named The Cousin’s War, as both houses were branches of the Royal Family, later it was known as the War of the Roses.

At the start, each region on the board is equipped with one cube for each faction; then players select a faction, take two markers of their color into their reserve and receive six action cards for the round; cards types in the game are battle cards and event cards.

Each of the five rounds represents between five and ten years of the war and comprises seven phases: 1. Deal Action cards; 2. Swap an action card with your opponent; 3. Determine Battlefield; both players play a face-down battle card; the earlier date on the card determines the Battlefield; 4. Players alternate to play four action cards each, resolving either the Primary event in the top half of the card or use the command points of the card for actions - gain Troops in Reserve, add Troops to Battlefield, move influence, place influence or remove opponent’s influence; you must do one of those options, you cannot simply discard a card; then you check if the Secondary event of the card is available for the opponent; 5. Resolve battle; 6. Victory check; 7. Clean-up.

If you control all regions of England at the end of a round or control most regions after five rounds or - in case both players control an equal number of regions - have won most battles, you win the game.

German edition, as the original The Cousins’ War, this is an excellent microgame, card actions and command points balance the luck of the battle dice nicely.

Players: 2

Age: 12+

Time: 30+

Designer: David A. Mortimer

Artist: Klemens Franz, atelier198

Price: ca. 18 Euro

Publisher: Frosted Games 2018

Web: www.frosted-games.de

Genre: Conflict simulation

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

New review for the German edition

Excellent micro game

Fantastic graphics

Lots of game play with very few components

Compares to:

Historic conflict simulations

Other editions:

The Cousins‘ War, Surprised Stare, 2017 (en)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0