![]() They had persuaded France to go after me so that they could go after the Ottomans, as we were both in a position to go for the win. Turn six, the final turn, things went notoriously south for the Hapsburgs. The reformation hit England and pushed me into a strong position going into what turned out to be the final turn. ![]() I had no intent on sieging Paris, but this knocked the French capabilities down which in turn helped the Hapsburgs. The resulting field battle was won narrowly by the English, a shocking ten hits to his nine, both of us having rolled exceedingly well. There was a giant stack of units in Paris, and because I'd scouted the French hand I knew he could not counter my combat card to have half his mercenaries switch sides. The Hapsburgs continued taking potshots at the French, and England used their home card to declare war on Paris. Turn five was a dynamic one in which there was a lot of open warfare on the board. In the meantime, the Papacy got to twenty-three VP and the Ottomans were on the rise. The Protestants ended the turn with a Diplomatic Overture and gave me the Venetian Informant. The Hapsburgs conquered Genoa, taking it from the French, and built up their fleets in anticipation of hostilities with the Ottomans that still stubbornly refused to take Buda. I maintained the peace with the French, made an alliance with the Hapsburgs, and the Ottomans engaged in Piracy. The Protestants and Papacy kept exchanging body blows, with a second Protestant debater being sent to the stake, but also a Papal one getting humiliated. Of course, for the second turn in a row the Papacy pulled the one 4CP card from an otherwise bad hand from me, so it was a very expensive divorce. Turn four saw me get my divorce, and I promptly rolled a ! Another stupendously lucky roll on my part. England and the Ottomans were at eleven and ten respectively, and France leading the Hapsburgs by one at seventeen. Meanwhile, for the Ottomans Barbarossa arrived on the scene, and he continued to bide his time and build up his forces.Īt the end of the turn, scores ranged from seven for the Protestants to twenty-two for the Papacy. I had negotiated a peace with France because he never wanted to be at war with me in the first place, and he and the Hapsburgs went at it. Meanwhile I had given him a card draw to hasten my divorce proceedings that I finally got started. Turn three was the rise of the Papacy, who managed to severely beat back the reformation. We broke for a 45 minute lunch break and resumed hostilities at 1pm. The Schmalkaldic League arrived earlier than expected, so Luther only got six VP for the electorates. I was able to set the siege and I got a stupendously lucky roll that won it on the first assault. There was a lot of witty repartee around the the table at the French attempts to show how I was the one who broke the deal. He lost that, and the next impulse I moved in with my siege forces. He was annoyed that I sent my fleets out to support the siege, and so refused to move out the troops and sent out the Scottish fleet for a sea battle before the siege was set. However, the French player then reneged on his part of the deal. When England declared war on the Scots, France intervened. The Protestants had a rough go at conversion of spaces, and one of his debaters was sent to the stake. The Papacy successfully took Florence, the Hapsburgs went for more new world riches, but were stymied by the Ottomans who continued to refuse to take Buda. ![]() The Protestants also gave me a card, but I played A Mighty Fortress on their behalf. I persuaded the Papacy to give England a card draw to play a specific card, said card was then promptly pulled by the French because he and I had negotiated that for a deal that would see me take Scotland with minimal fuss. Turn two had some of my favourite moments in the game. The Protestants and the Papacy also got a reasonable beginning to the reformation, with the latter also making an attempt to take Florence. Meanwhile, the Ottomans held back and built up their forces, taking Belgrade, but not Buda. At the end of the turn, between us and the Hapsburgs much of what was available to discover was used up, which meant the VP for that were reasonably evenly distributed. On turn one I had negotiated a deal with the French to focus on new world activities. This wound up being one of the strangest yet most interesting games of HIS I've ever experienced! The con didn't officially open until 10am, but we all showed up well beforehand and as soon as the door to the conference room was unlocked we streamed in, got set up, and it was 10:10am when we got underway. The 500th anniversary edition tweaked the French to make them moderately more competitive with their home card. Here I Stand is one of my all time favourite games.
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