'Virgin Queen' board game by Ed Beach

[Camikaze]

Virgin Queen: Wars of Religion 1559-1598, the sequel to Civ5: Gods & Kings Lead Designer Ed Beach's acclaimed board game Here I Stand, was recently released, and has been receiving very positive reviews. The game can be purchased from GMT Games for $89. Designed for hardcore strategists, GMT provides the following game description:

Virgin Queen is the sequel to Here I Stand, another card-driven game of grand strategy that covered the previous forty years (from Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses in 1517 through the abdication of Charles V in 1556). Players familiar with Here I Stand will find much that is familiar in Virgin Queen: over half of the rulebook remains unchanged. ​

Ed Beach also recently talked about both his work on the two board games and its connection to his work on Gods & Kings in this interview with killscreendaily.

Thanks to Haig for informing us about the board game, and to cuc for posting the interview.

 

[Depravo]

Great news. Ed Beach is probably the best designer now active. His involvement with Civ 5 is the reason I'm still interested in G&K even after decades of being beaten into the ground by oversold expansion packs both for boardgames and the PC. ALL HAIL HIM.

 

[NBAfan]

I just played Virgin Queen today. Epic fun game. Took eight hours though, but that was with rule explanation.

 

[Tavenier]

Anybody still playing Virgin Queen? Or interested? PBM, for example.