MGoAG: Rexopolis! - The Players

MGoAG: Rexopolis! - The Players

Even though this is an "Imagi-Nations" project, it's based on 18th-Century European history. The key players in Central Europe in the middle of the 18th Century, (in the middle of the "flintlock musket and socket bayonet" era, the middle of the "Linear Warfare Grand Tactics" era) would be Great Britain (through personal union with Hanover), France (Germany's neighbor, Austria's rival), Austria (seat of the Empire) and Russia (that new powerhouse of military might).

In addition to these four Big Players, there was one new upstart, just making waves: Prussia.

In this game we'll use the basic colors of the map, of the Risk and Sorry and chess pieces, of the Monopoly properties, and of the Legos to represent these four (five!) major players.

RED - Great Britain (Albionia)
BLU - France (Lotharia)
 YLO - Austria (Osterik)
GRN - Russia (Kashthurazia)
BLK - Prussia (Brandenia)

Below is a shot of the Rexopolis! Map, with the extent of the states, the major capitals and five tokens to represent the major monarchies, be they Hanover, Bourbon, Hapsburg, Petrovna or Hohenzollern.

I still haven't figured out how I'll use the Sorry! pieces...

The Monopoly tokens will actually be used on the Monopoly board, but here they are just shown for reference. As are the Sorry! pieces. Not quite sure what we'll use those for, but we've got 'em, and they're the right colors for the project. We'll need a counter or a token or a marker or an objective eventually, no doubt.

So... who are the players? Each one represents one of the four (OK, FIVE!) nation-states, viz, Britain, France, Austria, Russia and Prussia. We'll need some black pawns for Prussia.

Next we'll move these tokens over to the other board (maybe the Sorry! pieces can represent alliances), and we'll throw down some Risk armies on this board and decide what they represent. The quest continues...