Today, I spoke with representatives of Red Juggernaut about their title "Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords" (hereinafter "Battue"). They position this title as a "bridge game" between traditional board games like Monopoly and more-advanced wargames. As such, it has elements of both.
Battue is played on a board with randomized tiles representing a part of a city. Each player takes on the role of a Horse Lord trying to defeat as much of the city as possible and accumulate the most loot. The player with the most loot and in control of the largest amount of the city is crowned king and wins the game.
The folks at Red Juggernaut describe it this way:
Rooted in the World of Terris, a brutal, dark fantasy setting envisioned by authors Robin Laws and Scott Hungerford, Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords is a strategy board game in which players take control of a horde of Horse Lords bent on looting Tarsos, the City of Brass Pillars. This strategy game is easy-to-learn, fast-playing, fun, and keeps players involved in the game even when it
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