Against the Odds Annual 2024:Domesday - The Norman Conquest 1066-1106 (idioma en Ingles)

King Edward the Confessor of England did not prepare well for his death. To avoid trouble he promised his kingdom to King Magnus Olafsson of Norway (a claim inherited by Harald Hardrada), King Sweyn Estridsson of Denmark, Duke William of Normandy, and Earl Harold Godwinson of Wessex. When Edward died on the fifth day of January 1066 these four powerful warlords raised armies to back their claims by force. William the Conqueror won the crown but had to defend his new kingdom from fresh invasions and rebellious barons. To formalize his control of the kingdom after twenty years of conquest he ordered a Great Survey in 1085, a record so final and unalterable that it was named DOMESDAY.

DOMESDAY - The Norman Conquest 1066-1106 is a card driven game depicting the Norman Conquest of England from 1066 to 1106. The players control Normans, Barons, English, Danes, Norse, Scots, Welsh, and Irish, playing cards to resolve Events or use Action Points to activate their units. Players win by earning the most victory points through controlling, contesting, or plundering areas, building cathedrals and towers, and making their leader the King of England.

Designed by Philip Jelley, the game comes with a full color, 22" x 34" map board, 108 playing cards and 264 colorful, die-cut counters, plus rules, charts and everything you need. A multi-player design, DOMESDAY can be played by just 2, but plays best with 3 or more.

This Annual edition also includes a deluxe-sized magazine with even more articles and interesting stories. Learn more about this intriguing slice of history (the British Crown today traces it roots back to the events depicted in this game), and the larger campaigns as well. But wait, there's still even more!

All copies of this Annual include an expansion kit for our Under Ten Flags game (German Merchant Raider Atlantis) called A Killer Penguin. This expansion explores the famous cruise of the KM Pinguin where it too wreaked havoc on Allied shipping lanes early in the war. In June,1940 the German Merchant Raider (Hilfskreuzer), “Pinguin” made its way into the Southern Ocean, to sink and capture Allied cargo vessels. The crew was adept in disguising the appearance and ended up sinking or capturing 28 ships totaling about 136,000 tons. Four ships were sunk by mine-laying missions. Explore this epic cruise with this new expansion.

Plus all copies of this Annual also include an expansion kit for our Cassino 1944 game (part of the Cities of the Damned set) covering the assault on Hangman's Hill atop the town called The Damned Die Hard