Games Games Games Magazine
November 1999, Issue 137
Bruce Whitehill
UK

It's All in the Game by Bruce Whitehill
American game companies on the move

Out of the Box Publishing is just over a year-and-a-half old. The company was launched with a game called Bosworth, a board game that uses cards (or is it a card game with a board?), in which the cards move like chess pieces, depending on the illustration silhouetted on each card. I won't review the game here, since G3 has already done so [G3: 129], but I will say that the game is perfect for someone like myself who likes a little chess but has neither the patience for it nor the talent for its complexities. And you don't even have to know chess, just the moves.

The name comes from the battle fought on Bosworth Field, England, in 1485, which helped bring an end to the 30-year War of the roses. Henry Tudor, of the house of Lancaster, defeated King Richard of the House of York, making Richard (take note trivia buffs) the last English king to die in battle. Henry VIII, the king from that popular song some decades ago, united the country and Richard III was immortalized in Shakespeare's play of that name. Anyway, the game has nothing to do with history, just the strategy of play.

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