Blocks!: Richard III

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Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.


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PC :   https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SPeKhqNPM1NATheFgWVjEtWkzVBTJkr2
Mac: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1S3wpuEM3xJ3spPGvPxt00J-erzbmCx0d


Complexity: Intermediate
Period: 15th century Medieval
Manual: PDF
Editor: Yes.
Theatre: England and Wales
Turns: PHASES: Cards Phase, Action Phase, Battle Phase, Supply Phase
Unit Scale: Army
AI: Yes
Hotseat: Yes
PBEM: No




Richard III Blocks Kickstarter Video (3 Jul 2019)





About This Game




Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.

Will the mad-king Henry VI and his Queen Margaret keep the throne or will the Duke of York recover it for the Plantagenets. Also strutting across the game's stage are Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, and Warwick, the notorious "Kingmaker".




The object of play is to eliminate all five enemy heirs and/or win control of the powerful nobles of England.
The Lancastrians start the game holding the throne, and the Yorkists are in exile ready to invade. Kingship can be won or lost several times during the game.

Will Richard III emerge triumphant, or will he perish in battle as he did historically?

The game is currently 1-player-vs-AI and local-2-player (a.k.a. hot seat)





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Patch 1 + Spanish + Release deal ends in 48h!
Mon, 14 October 2019

The first patch for Richard III is now available

After an overwhelming positive response since launch last week, we are pleased to announce the first patch for Richard III, including a few fixes (details below) and translation of the game into Spanish!

Release offer ends very soon, make sure to grab your copy swiftly!


Patch Notes

[BUG/FREEZE] Fixed AI occasionally unable to play (leading to stuck game)
[BUG] Fixed blocks on map not reset to full strength when reloading a save after end of 1st campaign
[INPUT] Disable Joystick inputs moving camera
[RULE] Reset mercenaries to appropriate origin exile area instead of closest exile area
[RULE] York now starts as King in 1483 Campaign
[RULE] Add manual PDF access from Options menu

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New Blocks! game soon
Tue, 29 October 2019

Julius Caesar soon to arrive on Steam

The Blocks! collection gets larger...




Our partner Columbia Games is presenting their second title ported on the Blocks! engine, Julius Caesar.

The real good news here, besides enlargment of the collection, is that with the success of this campaign we hope to get the multiplayer function (exclusively on Steam) to be working on the game.

And of course, Richard III players will benefit from it in the next major update on this game.

Thanks all for your support.

Caesar on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/columbiagames/blocks-julius-caesar?ref=user_menu

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Release of Julius Caesar
11 Dec 2019



Blocks!: Julius Caesar - AvalonDigital
This game is the second adaptation of the famous Columbia Games blocks games, on the new Blocks! engine.

After the previous opus located in Medieval Britain, you now travel back in time and are ready to fight with Caesar and Pompey in a grand strategy epic of the infamous Roman Civil War.

As Julius said then, Veni Vidi Vici (I came I saw I vanquished)...yours to discover now

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162670/Blocks_Julius_Caesar

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Patch 2 Multiplayer fix
Thu, 09 Jan 2020


To start off the new year, you'll find your Julius Caesar version updated with some corrections. Enjoy!

Patch Notes
[MULTIPLAYER] Fix game occasionally stuck on Battle Retreat phase ("Retreat from Pool" message)

Stumbling onto a problem? Don't hesitate to send us a word at support@avalon-digital.com describing your issue.
Whenever applicable, please join to it your game save, available both for single and multi player in the folder C:/Users/[user_name]/AppData/LocalLow/Avalon Digital/Blocks! Richard III (Windows)

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SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends 9 July

-50%   £19.49   £9.74


https://store.steampowered.com/app/887090/Blocks_Richard_III/?curator_clanid=36173274

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Minor Update
Tue, 21 July 2020



Multiplayer function updated

Following the recent release of the third game in the Blocks! collection, Hammer of the Scots, we have updated Richard III with the improvements brought in the last product.

Those mostly concern improvements of the multiplayer engine.
Also, we have added improvements to the retreat procedures.

Work is going on, thanks to the current ongoing early access campaign, on the other engine features that are still in demand, and that will be ported back into this game when completed.

Visit the Hammer game here : Hammer of the Scots Early Access