Robin Hood
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Robin Hood is an old-school style tactical solitaire/2-player co-op board game of action and adventure¸ with a bit of wargame and RPG elements mixed in. An open-ended sandbox style game where the player may choose his own path.
Set in Nottingham Shire¸ England in the year 1180¸ the player will control up to 6 Merry Men at once. The Merry Men will frequently encounter enemy bandits¸ Nottingham soldiers¸ or possibly even Foresters in Sherwood Forest.
The player moves his band of Merry Men around the map¸ searching for rich targets to steal from¸ visiting Newstead Abbey and The Blue Boar Inn to buy necessary items¸ gamble¸ or pick up new quests. They may even sneak into a castle in order to steal gold or rescue a peasant in the dungeon.
As the Merry Men earn more experience points¸ they will continue to improve their skills.
The ultimate goal of your Merry Men is to arm the towns of Nottingham Shire¸ convince them to rebel and attack Nottingham Castle¸ and remove the Sheriff from power before December 31st¸ 1180. To accomplish this¸ the Merry Men must increase Loyalty of the town to 10¸ plus arm the town with 10 weapons. The more towns that take part in the rebellion¸ the better chance they will have of succeeding in defeating Nottingham Castle and removing the Sheriff from power. But if the towns fail to remove the Sheriff before December 31st¸ the Merry Men will all be automatically hunted down and executed.
The game includes the following components:
- 1 Tables Book (24 pages)
- 8 Game Mats (A4)
- 432 5/8 inch counters
- 30 Game Cards
- 1 Merry Men Status Sheet
- 1 Save Game Log Sheet
- 1 Quick-Start Guide (4 pages)
- 1 Counter Guide (3 pages)
- 1 Game Components Preparation Instructions Sheet
- 6 Game Mat Setup Example Images
* The following dice are required to play: one D6 and two D10s.
* 10 minute game setup and breakdown times.
* A large size table is required for game setup.
* Total play time to the end is apporoximately 5-10 hours (depending on game length chosen).
* While originally designed as solitaire¸ the game can easily be played as 2-player co-op¸ with player 1 controlling Merry Men 1-3¸ and player 2 controlling Merry Men 4-6.
* Please visit the Robin Hood FaceBook group. As the designer¸ I am active there and can provide game support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/927583201330380
With most of the rules integrated into the tables¸ there is practically no learning curve or rules memorization. And with various enemy types¸ weapons¸ items¸ numerous Merry Men skills¸ quests¸ random events¸ and a multitude of table modifiers¸ Robin Hood offers high replay value. Can you and your Merry Men convince the towns of Nottihham Shire to rebel against the Sheriff before time runs out?