Reply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by SW_Cygnus Ah I see. I was worried you might have not realized you would lose out on the 5x possible Virgin Queen VPS. Sounds like a good, almost, standard deal. I like your twist though. The added...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Protestant Spaces
by Michael Hopcroft Note that all but five of those spaces are in England and Scotland. The richest prizes for the Protestant are in the spaces that open Catholic in the Netherlands and France. That...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by Gazpar I've played spain in 3 different games, defending the new world is not a high priority. I usually build one fort and at most one patrol a turn, but usually can't afford both.I think England...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by godeater Yes, I do plan to invade Scotland on turn two if I must. I was thinking I might jilt Leicester for some Scottish influence and a potential card draw(s) if no deals with Continental powers...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Protestant Spaces
by SW_Cygnus Michael Hopcroft wrote:Note that all but five of those spaces are in England and Scotland. The richest prizes for the Protestant are in the spaces that open Catholic in the Netherlands...
View ArticleThread: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Religious Struggles
by certain death When taking a conversion attempt; Preach Sermon or Suppress Heresy one must choose one of the religious struggle areas to affect. The conditions of the conversion attempt then require...
View ArticleThread: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: VQ Strategy for Solo Play and more..
by Chief_Chemist VQ StrategyAt WBC we played the campaign game a few times in open gaming. I had the feeling that I did not know the expected progress of each power. All our games ended by turn 4 with...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Religious Struggles
by JoelCFC25 certain death wrote:My question is this: can the space which must be [Protestant/Cathloic] at the start of the turn be from outside of the targeted religious struggle area? For example...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Religious Struggles
by certain death Ah! Then there's one we got wrong last time - it did seem a little tough on the Protestant player that there last point of relgious influence could be in unrest! I think we played...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by turbothy Gazpar wrote:I think England is one of the hardest powers to win the game with. You are shooting for a turn 6-7 victory and most games don't go that long.I've played England twice now so...
View ArticleSession: Virgin Queen:: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by sderrick Our group in the UK play Here I Stand regularly and have now switched to playing Virgin Queen. We have completed 6 games in all with France winning 4 of them! Below are the results of the...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by Gazpar the one down side of marrying off elizabeth to the french is that you would have to end the war and if you end the war you cannot pirate france in the old world. Pirating france will likely...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Sessions:: Re: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by SW_Cygnus Thanks for sharing your results!Quick point: What bonuses for marrying the French? They get a base VP per marriage, have a home card which helps to guarantee additional VPs, and the...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Sessions:: Re: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by Tripp To deal with France, it helps if there is some military action. In our last two games, the HRE took keys (and even Paris for a turn!) The Protestants should be sure to spread and revolt...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Catholic League formation & other questions
by Greg Forster Yes. These split-color spaces are always French home spaces. Only when under Huguenot political control do they also serve as Huguenot home spaces.Actually, they're always Huguenot...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Sessions:: Re: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by Joelist I'm seeing some pretty broad declarations there that neither my play experience nor the WBC tournament experience nor playesting bear out.First, the religious conversion system works rather...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Sessions:: Re: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by turbothy sderrick wrote:As an aside, a colleague and I were discussing the religious aspect of the game compared to HIS. There seems to be almost universal praise on BGG for the ‘simplification’...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Early English Strategy
by turbothy Gazpar wrote:Pirating france will likely net you more vp long term. Ain't gonna do me no good if the game stops after T3.
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Sessions:: Re: 6 games in and we still prefer Here I Stand
by shaldon In a 4-player face to face game I played, France was reduced to zero keys at the end of T4, by war with Spain and some lucky rebellion rolls in Paris and Calais (three hits each, both on...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Catholic League formation & other questions
by certain death Greg Forster wrote:Actually, they're always Huguenot home spaces. Otherwise the Protestant wouldn't get +1 die for rebellions in his "home spaces." They're just home spaces that you...
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