Reply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Unrest in capital
by cmontgo2 Nothing I can see in the rules as printed prohibits Spring Deployment from a capital in unrest. This particular question arose before. The rules are sufficiently vague that this may not...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Catholic League- good or bad for the Prots?
by SW_Cygnus England (and the HRE if it goes balanced or Prot) have more than just an incentive to weaken France. Remember that they can get VPs depending on how well the Protestants are doing....
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: Menendez de Aviles option #2
by rjphelan I've seen a clever Ottoman player use the second option to force the Spanish player to commit one of his possible galleys as a patrol fleet, making the balance of power in the...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: Question about rebelling to victory for...
by sderrick Going back to the original thread, our most recent game ended with a Protestant auto victory for the very reason mentioned above. In our game the HRE was on 21VP and very likely to win at...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: Question about rebelling to victory for...
by cfmcdonald sderrick wrote:Going back to the original thread, our most recent game ended with a Protestant auto victory for the very reason mentioned above. In our game the HRE was on 21VP Wow, 21,...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: Question about rebelling to victory for...
by cmontgo2 I think this thread reinforces the fact that VQ is not like HIS when it comes to calculating who the "leader" is. In HIS it is rare for a power to grab more than 3-4 VPs in a single turn....
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by KenNYC I love HIS. Printing bibles, burning books,building chateaus trying to divorce your wives...yeah it takes almost twice as long but it is so rich in theme. I love VQ too because the cleaning...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: What powers have been winning?
by dr.mrow From a game last month:France 27, HRE 27, Prots 24, Turks 21, England 19, Spain 12. Game ended after Turn 4; France won the tiebreaker. It came down to the last action round, with Navarre...
View ArticleThread: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: 2 player victory conditions
by Kinley In a 2 player game, can a player win by having one of his countries satisfy the auto victory conditions, no matter how bad the other is doing?Or must both satisfy the auto victory conditions?
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: 2 player victory conditions
by mmaginity2 Now that you mention it, the rules don't mention anything about how to determine victory with 2 (or for that matter 3) players. I've always gone on the assumption with this game and with...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: 2 player victory conditions
by Ed Beach I'm not sure what you mean by "auto victory" conditions. By definition an automatic (i.e. Military or Religious) victory ends the game immediately so it is impossible for 2 powers to both...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Catholic League- good or bad for the Prots?
by JoelCFC25 SW_Cygnus wrote:Plus Spain can start getting 2VPs a turn if they can snag Paris (in the latter half of the game)!If Spain is in the ascendancy after the Catholic League occurs, Guise...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Catholic League- good or bad for the Prots?
by SW_Cygnus Great points Joel! The only thing I would like to add is that a creative Spanish player could resupply Guise with additional troops with his Spanish Road home card. That is assuming he...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Strategy:: Re: Catholic League- good or bad for the Prots?
by zackss Spain can always build directly in Besançon too.
View ArticleThread: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Two Home card questions
by mmaginity2 1. Grand Vizier card: The second option is given as "Immediately roll to construct the Suez Canal (5 or 6-player game only)." But since this is a Home card, ALL of the options are only...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Two Home card questions
by Greg Forster 1) The Grand Vizier card is in the two-player tutorial scenario, but you can't build the canal in that scenario.2) Presumably. Good catch! Paging Mr. Beach . . .
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Two Home card questions
by swedgamer 2. I do not think so. This would get Spain the opportunity to use the whole HRE for their move and in that way open up a Balkan front, attacking the Ottoman rear without support from...
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Thread: Virgin Queen:: News:: Virgin Queen on Guns, Dice, Butter podcast
by Herr Dr On episode VII of Guns, Dice, Butter, we will get Kaarin Engleman's report from WBC 2012. Friend of the show, Jim Doughan, will tell us about his WBC 2012 experience, Virgin Queen, card...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: Rules:: Re: Sea Captain leaving a colony
by rievler I think the confusion comes from the ability of an expedition to plant a colony without expending CP to enter the settlement triangle adjacent to an ocean zone. In that way an settlement...
View ArticleReply: Virgin Queen:: General:: Re: Pbem game starting soon. Call for players
by JohnMcKendrick Sorry to see this one fizzle out especially when the others took so much time to acquaint me with VASSAL and Dropbox :(I'm up for starting a new one ... that's if anyone gets this...
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