Brian Boru: High King of Ireland Board Game by Osprey Games | Trick-Taking & Area Control for 3-5 Players, Ages 14+ | 60-90 Minutes

Product Description Brian Boru: High King of Ireland is a cut-throat struggle for power and influence in eleventh-century Ireland from award-winning designer Peer Sylvester. Combining trick-taking card play with area control, each card you play does double duty: it competes to win the trick and it triggers an action, whether marrying into power, fending off Viking raids, growing the church or expanding your influence across the island. Read your opponents, time your plays and unite the kingdoms of Ireland to claim the title of High King. Review “An amazingly cool production from Osprey Game” ―Tom Vasel, The Dice Tower“More than a game - and a compulsively playable one at that - Brian Boru feels like a revelation” ―Dan Thurot, Space Biff P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Author Peer Sylvester started his career in boardgaming quite early, because his dad needed an opponent in chess. In third grade he wanted to become a professional chess player. Instead he turned out to become a teacher for math and chemistry. An award-winning board-game designer of titles like The Lost Expedition, The King is Dead, and Wir sind das Volk!, he has written a number of books on the subject.Deirdre de Barra is an Irish artist and illustrator. She has been involved with the Irish Small Press contributing to many comics, zines and anthologies, and in 2014 illustrated the comic Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf / Brian Bóroimhe agus Cath Chluain Tarbh. These days she no longer works digitally but has found her way back to traditional media, primarily pencil, ink and watercolour. See more

• UNITE 11TH-CENTURY IRELAND: A cut-throat struggle for power and influence as you vie to bring the warring kingdoms of Ireland under your rule.
• TRICK-TAKING MEETS AREA CONTROL: Win tricks to take actions such as marrying into power, fighting off Viking raids and expanding your influence across the map.
• EVERY CARD IS A CHOICE: Played cards drive both the trick and the action, creating tense decisions every round.
• AWARD-WINNING DESIGNER: Created by Peer Sylvester, designer of The Lost Expedition.
• AT A GLANCE: 3-5 players | ages 14 and up | 60-90 minutes | board, 46 cards, 139 tokens, 125 wooden discs.