Bristol 1350 Board Game of Strategy, Deceit, and Luck for 1-9 Players

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The game, disguised as a worn-out leather book, can easily hide on your bookshelf and masquerade as an antique. As I cannot possibly do better justice to the rules overview than that video… I’ll leave it there. Yes, I know… we are all surprised that I am not continuing to ramble… haha. I love you all! 🥺

During gameplay, players gather cards that they use to accuse, or defend, other players. Deciding who to trust is key to survival, since you can never play a card on yourself. When you suspect someone to be a witch, you can begin accusing them with red accusation cards. When enough accusations have been placed on one of the players, the player who lays the final accusation chooses one of that player’s Tryal cards to reveal. Once all “Witch” Tryal cards have been found, the villagers of Salem win

Escape the plague that is ravaging your city!

The fourth game in the Dark Cities series – Bristol follows Salem, Deadwood and Tortuga in embodying a ‘Horrible Histories’ style take on some of the darkest chapters of our collective civilisation. Mechanically slight but brilliantly tuned, it offers a refined twist on the social deduction genre that is a perfect hair-shirt fit for its theme, as eyes dart manically to-and-fro across the table, accusations are spat and inglorious betrayals are enacted with a gruesome relish. I have a feeling that even the most die-hard, “upgraded components are a waste of money and I want every board game to be cheap cardboard and dull colors because it’s only the mechanics that matter” boardgamers would be hard-pressed to deny the allure of the beautiful metal components included here. And, this just in – each copy of Bristol 1350 Deluxe now comes with the new MeePawns!! These wonderful little resin pawns represent each of the game characters and just a little bit more magic to the already sweet deluxe experience! Another incredible experience from stem to stern…

Pre-pub link is up, and the game is getting great numbers to start. https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1083-wings-for-the-baron-deluxe-gmt-edition.aspxBut the map shows Seyer’s guess at where the Frome originally flowed - something that historians have long debated, because its course was chopped and changed around as the port grew and grew. Facade games’ wonderful Dark Cities Series has arrived!!! I’ve got a few copies of each of the first three volumes in the shop… Salem 1692, Tortuga 1667, and Deadwood 1876! And now I’ve aded Deluxe copies of Bristol 1350 – the latest masterpiece in the series! The map was taken from one of the most comprehensive early histories of Bristol - a book published in 1823 by the Rev Samuel Seyer.

Much of Bristol's early importance rested upon its wool trade with Ireland. It has been estimated that by the 15th century, Ireland provided a market for at least one third of the cloth exported from Bristol. In return, it received merchandise nearly double the value: corn, linen, timber, cattle and fish which was a staple food in the English diet. As the superior quality of English wool became known throughout Europe, Bristol's trade expanded to encompass the Baltic (Carus-Wilson 2, 3; Kemp 110). If you have the Deluxe Edition, it also includes some component upgrades and additional components to play the Alms Expansion: Players play as prominent villagers from the old Salem town, and even read their bios in the instruction manual. The servant girl Mary Warren, pastor Samuel Parris, farmer John Proctor, storyteller Tituba, and beggar Sarah Good are some of the 12 characters featured in the game. There’s just something really memorable about opening a magnetic-clasped faux book and taking out all the cool game bits and mats and such… and then playing a thoughtful, well-designed game. It’s just so cool to me that the experience of the game literally starts with removing it from the game shelf. And while it is usually a lot of fun to unbox a game for the first time… This is the only series where I enjoy “un-boxing” the game each and every time!! 📚💕 In Bristol 1350 by Façade Games, 1-9 players will embody the flighty boots of citizens desperate to escape the plague ravaged streets for the promise of the countryside’s proximal vapours before they succumb to the relentless waves of pestilence afflicting the city.

Am I Sick? Are You Sick? Did I Win? Wait, Did You Infect Me?

As I have a bit more time now (as compared to when I was writing the original Facade Games write up – which is below), I’ll proceed with a standard Upstart write up for the deluxe edition of Bristol 1350. 😁 Following that write-up is the exceptionally abbreviated write up for the rest of the series.. hehe. Bristol 1350 Deluxe is here! Buglers, sound off!! 📯 If you scroll down you can read the publisher’s description for each game (in the standard place for that sort of thing in an Upstart product listing); that should at least tide you over until I can get a free moment to wax poetic about how much I LOVE these games! ? OK… before I start getting into the details… I need to eat dinner and go to sleep. Mondays on my ship are always a tad hectic… and well, I need my rest ? OK everyone… I really, really wanted to get these bad boys uploaded into the shop… and well, I am running out of daylight on this here Sunday evening ??