1455: L'elefante e l'aquila (2006)

In the year 1455, five lords are struggling for power in the middle of the Italian peninsula, and precisely in the area of the Adriatic coast:

• Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Condottiero and Lord of Rimini and Fano
• Federico II da Montefeltro, Condottiero and Lord of Urbino
• Domenico Malatesta, brother of Sigismondo. Condottiero and Lord of Cesena
• Alessandro Sforza (brother of Francesco Sforza), Lord of Pesaro
• Giacomo Piccinino, Condottiero subsidized by Alfonso d’Aragona King of Naples (who hates Sigismondo), he is trying to achieve a state for himself at the expense of Sigismondo

• A 60*84 cm map, divided in areas (and not in hexagons)
• 16 objectives cards
• Five counter sheets
• Two sheets of coins
• A rulebook
• Five red and five blue dice

At the third turn of the game, every player randomly pick an objective card. The first player to reach the objective written on his/her card is the winner.

L’elefante e l’aquila means “the elephant and the eagle”. The elephant was a secondary banner of the Malatesta family, and the eagle was the banner of Montefeltro family.

Rules and cards are only in Italian.