The Battle of Grunwald

Game details

The Battle of Grunwald is a strategy game. Players are choosing sides either as a commander in chief of the Polish or Teutonic Knights Army, to fight one of the biggest battles in the history of medieval Europe.
Polish Army along with their Lithuanian and Czech allies, confront the Teutonic Knights Army and their monastery guests, on the big board. Players have at their disposal 3 various formations: infantry, motor pool and crossbowmen. Each of them has a certain way of moving and attacking the enemy. To choose which army makes a move, the team has to spin the Command Wheel.

Goal of the game

Deliberate manoeuvres and well planned strategy lets defeat the definite number of knights, which must be determined before the game. The army which annihilates the enemy first wins the game.

GAME ELEMENTS

  • Board
    • 80cm x 100m
  • Counters
    • 30 pcs.
    • wooden
    • height ~ 12cm
    • coloured bilaterally
  • Command Wheel
    • 2 pcs.
    • diameter ~ 20cm
    • wodden
    • coloured
  • Badges
    • 4 pcs.
    • wodden
    • coloured
  • Wooden dice
    • 1 pcs.
    • 3cm
  • Instruction
    • A5
    • paper
    • coloured
  • Summary of the rules
    • wooden
    • coloured