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"It will be necessary …to gain the hearts and subdue the minds of America." — British General Henry Clinton, In his Campaign Narrative of 1776."It’s easier to crush evils in their infancy than when grown to maturity."— British General Thomas Gage, March 28, 1775."It is evident the enemy mean to … oblige us to fight them on their own terms or surrender at discretion, or by a Brilliant Stroke endeavor to cut this army in pieces…"— George Washington in a letter to John Hancock, President of the Congress 1776.Volume V in GMT’s COIN Series takes us back to the struggle of the American Patriots against their parent British government. A unique multi-faction treatment of the American Revolution, Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection will take 1 to 4 players between lines of clashing red and blue infantry, Indian raids, European politics, British control of the seas, French intervention, and the propaganda war.Building off the good works of COIN Series Creator Volko Ruhnke and Series Designers Jeff Grossman, Brian Train, Mark Herman, and Andrew Ruhnke, Designer Harold Buchanan applies his knowledge of the American Revolutionary period to take a new look at the struggle that built a nation. COIN Series Developer Mike Bertucelli continues his work on this project and Volko Ruhnke is an active advisor.Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection features the same card-assisted counterinsurgency game system as GMT's Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre, A Distant Plain, Fire in the Lake, and Gallic War, with a set of twists that take the COIN Series to the 18th Century, including:★ Brilliant Strokes that trump initiative (Led by leaders like Washington, Rochambeau, Clinton and Joseph Brant)★ Irregular troops (Patriot Militia and Indian War Parties)★ Regular troops (British and French Regulars and Patriot Continentals) for battles and skirmishes with line infantry★ Rabble-rousing, Skirmishing, Tories, variable French entry, and Indian Raids★ Variable impact of naval commitments between the British and French★ French blockades to confound British plans★ French financing options to feed the Patriot’s war effort★ A large deck of 110 + cards for great play variety★ Short, medium, and long-length scenarios with period-event or random options.

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  Box with 120 miniatures of four different shapes and colors to dramatically enhance "Nexum Galaxy" games. Optionally complements the game "Nexum Galaxy" and its expansion "Asteroids". Ideal size for use in your own games, or completing other games. Fight for your civilization! Conquer planets, plunder, extract energy, capture relics, create and mobilize your fleets of ships to achieve control of the Galaxy. 120 plastic miniatures of ships, in 4 different models and colors for each Civilization:♦ PSYCON: capable of altering energy, communications, and even others' will.♦ CLONIX: an army of cyborg beings remotely controlled from an undisclosed location.♦ BIONTES: after assimilating countless life forms in their travels, they have incorporated their deadliest characteristics into their current form.♦ GNOMICON: cold machines that function as multisensory swarms with collective intelligence.Approximate size of the miniatures: 16 x 10 mm. Contents: Box with 120 miniatures (30 miniatures for each faction) to dramatically enhance Nexum gameplay.

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  Expansion "Asteroids" that compliments the base game "Nexum Galaxy". With this expansion, Nexum Galaxy becomes completely a 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate). It also introduces asymmetry in the factions, technology, new resources, more ships... Increases replayability by adding new Systems to those included in the base game, as well as Event and AI cards. Special Multibattle mode. Play several games simultaneously, by sides transferring ships and resources between tables, through Wormholes. Special Campaign mode, Navigate and fight for the different Sectors, orienting yourself with the map and atlas of the Galaxy. Special Tournament mode. Join several base+expansion games and organize with your friends, or in your association, or in the classroom, quick tournaments of up to 4 tables of 4 players playing simultaneously by sides.

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    Nexum Galaxy is a game for 1 to 4 players from 12+ years old, in which we fight against other Civilizations in epic interplanetary battles to dominate the Galaxy. With simple and intuitive rules that can be learned very quickly, but at the same time with a high tactical and strategic component. You will be able to eXpand and eXploit resources from each Galactic Sector while eXterminating your enemies. Allows hundreds of different games with progressively increasing difficulty, from pure strategy without chance to the incorporation of Cosmic Events to which you will have to adapt your strategy. Special modes solitaire, cooperative, and with or against several Artificial Intelligences. Excellent presentation, with its plastic insert, initial help guide and advanced guide. It is enriched with the expansion "Nexum Galaxy: Asteroids" that turns it into a 4X, adding eXploration and countless game modes, scenarios and components.

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