First Tsar, The
In the year 1547 Ivan Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Moscow, was crowned as the ?rst Russian Tsar. During his ?fty-year reign, the tsardom experienced numerous rises and falls, their echoes... (read more)
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Noble Knight GamesReviews
mixed, 66% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
90 minutes
Published
2023
Age
12+
Publisher
Hobby World (Russia)
Players
2 to 4 players
Designer
Stan Kordonskiy
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Strategy Game, Area Majority / Influence, Economic, Medieval, End Game Bonuses, Worker Placement, and Track Movement
Description
In the year 1547 Ivan Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Moscow, was crowned as the ?rst Russian Tsar. During his ?fty-year reign, the tsardom experienced numerous rises and falls, their echoes can still be heard today. All these events, good and bad, would have been impossible without the participation of boyars, warlords, nobles, prelates and other faithful servants of the sovereign.
In this board game you will lead the boyar families competing for power and honor in the 16th-century Tsardom of Russia. Over four decades, you’ll collect income from estates and equip troops, trade with foreigners and fortify cities, seek privileges and carry out royal assignments. Use your in?uence on the tsar, bribe his minions, and perhaps it is your family that will succeed in taking the Russian throne in the next century.
In this board game you will lead the boyar families competing for power and honor in the 16th-century Tsardom of Russia. Over four decades, you’ll collect income from estates and equip troops, trade with foreigners and fortify cities, seek privileges and carry out royal assignments. Use your in?uence on the tsar, bribe his minions, and perhaps it is your family that will succeed in taking the Russian throne in the next century.
- Deep and diverse strategy board game set in one of the most dramatic periods of Russian history
- Historically correct illustrations and clever visual design based on the documents of the time and scienti?c reconstructions
- A thematic sequel to the popular board game Rurik: Dawn of Kiev that rethinks and develops the game mechanics of the predecessor
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Game's Categories
Genre
Mechanics
Publishers
- Hobby World
- 25th Century Games
- Vagabund
- Hobby World (Russia)
- Samaruc Games
Designer
Developer
- Petr Tyulenev
Artists
- Oleg Yurkov
- Michele Esposito
