Granada: Last Stand of the Moors, 1482-1492 (english)

Granada: The Last Stand of the Moors, 1482-1492 is a game for two players in which they will decide the outcome of this decisive historical episode in less than four hours. As the Catholic player, will you gain fame and glory accomplishing the Reconquista and enlarging your kingdoms in one unified powerful state? And as the Muslim player, will you resist and save Granada or will you become the last King of the Nasrid dynasty? Balanced and historically accurate, the game is easy to learn but difficult to master.

Anno Domini 1482. For the past few centuries, the Iberian Peninsula has been a complex battlefield of crossed interests, kings’ ambitions and noblemen’s intrigues. The Muslim power, once uncontested under Cordoba’s Caliphate banners, lies languidly in the last Moor stronghold in Al-Andalus, the marvellous city of Granada.

The last rulers of the Alhambra (“The Red One”) have been buying peace from the powerful Christian kingdoms for decades. Weakened by internal family divisions, they now face their darkest nightmare: a nuptial union between Castille and Aragón in the figures of Isabel I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Catholic Monarchs.

Through cunning diplomacy and negotiations, large armies are congregating to push to the sea the last Muslim presence in Western Europe. The Pope promulgates the last Crusade and military orders join the mixed army of Castille and Aragon, along with mercenaries all over Europe. The Nasrid Kingdom tries to gather its men and garrisons, sending messengers to North Africa for military support and reinforcing the numerous castles and watchtowers all over its lands.

Components:

• 22” x 34” mounted map
• 137 Rectangular wooden blocks in various colors
• 2 Sheets of stickers (for blocks)
• 2 Draw bags
• 20 Wooden Castle shape (10 white, 10 black)
• 20 Wooden Cylinders (10 white, 10 black)
• 20 Wooden cubes (10 white, 10 black)
• 7 Wooden markers (various sizes and colors)
• 3 Decks of cards (72 Christians, 66 Muslims, 17 Naval)
• 1 Victory Point track
• 2 Reference cards (identical)
• 1 Rules booklet

Age: 14+
Players: 2
Time: 180 - 240 min.