The Battle of Wakefield: Yorkshire, England 30 December 1460

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120 mins

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9095
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3
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Basic Game Details

Designer

Richard H. Berg, Ralph Shelton

Artist

Knut Grünitz, Charles Kibler, Mike Lemick, Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Release Year

2017

Publisher

RBM Studio

Description

It was at Wakefield that Richard, Duke of York, met his doom. Richard was head of the Yorkist faction, and had begun the rebellion against King Henry VI that is now known as the War of the Roses. It isn’t clear why he rode out that day against an army with numerical superiority, but the end result was calamity for the Yorkist contingent. About half the army perished, including Richard and the Earl of Salisbury (father of Warwick the kingmaker). Can you break the Lancastrian army before its reinforcements arrive or will you share Richard’s fate?

The Battle of Wakefield is a new, fully self-contatined scenario in RBM Studio’s C3i magazine #31, and is a part of GMT’s Men of Iron series, specifically Blood & Roses (2014).

—description from the publisher

Game Scale:
Game Turn: Abstract
Hex: 75 yards / 68.5 meters
Units: Groups of soldiers (approx 250 per unit)

Game Inventory (C3i magazine version):
One 11 x 17" full color mapsheet
One dual-side printed countersheet (230 counters of multiple sizes – only 116 1/2" counters are for this game)
One 12-page Battle of Wakefield rules booklet
Three player aid sheets (1 single-side printed)

Players will have to furnish One 10-sided die for game play

Solitaire Playability: High
Complexity Level: Low
Players: 2 or more
Playing Time: 1-4 hours

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