The Shakespeare Game
Make your fortune in Shakespeare's London.
Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of the world's best loved playwright, collect performance cards and move around London's theatres to put on as many plays as you can before other playwrights steal your ideas, burn down your theatres or spread the plague! Who will be the fastest in the race to fame and glory?
The tension comes from being forced to balance greed against speed: should you stage lots of smaller performances for quick money, or wait for the right cards to generate a smash hit? The winner is the first to earn £120, enough to buy Shakespeare’s home, New Place, in Stratford Upon Avon – or the first to finance a new theatre on the Southbank (the Globe), and stage a medley performance there, winning in one fell swoop.
While you play, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn references to Shakespeare's plays. Players can use their growing Shakespeare knowledge to play event cards that result in added drama and sabotage.
Additional Info
2 - 5 Players
Play Time 30 - 60 Min
Suggested Age: 8+
Complexity Weight: 1.33 / 5
Categories
Novel-based
Mechanisms
Hand Management
Point to Point Movement
Set Collection
Victory Points as a Resource
Journey from Stratford to London in the footsteps of the world's best loved playwright, collect performance cards and move around London's theatres to put on as many plays as you can before other playwrights steal your ideas, burn down your theatres or spread the plague! Who will be the fastest in the race to fame and glory?
The tension comes from being forced to balance greed against speed: should you stage lots of smaller performances for quick money, or wait for the right cards to generate a smash hit? The winner is the first to earn £120, enough to buy Shakespeare’s home, New Place, in Stratford Upon Avon – or the first to finance a new theatre on the Southbank (the Globe), and stage a medley performance there, winning in one fell swoop.
While you play, you will absorb details of Elizabethan England as well as learn references to Shakespeare's plays. Players can use their growing Shakespeare knowledge to play event cards that result in added drama and sabotage.
Additional Info
2 - 5 Players
Play Time 30 - 60 Min
Suggested Age: 8+
Complexity Weight: 1.33 / 5
Categories
Novel-based
Mechanisms
Hand Management
Point to Point Movement
Set Collection
Victory Points as a Resource
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