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Expansion for In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules
Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name
2013
Rules assistance for Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name is an expansion for In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules released in 2013. It was designed by Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.
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About the game
Game description from the publisher: A selection of Company Lists, scenarios and special rules designed to expand and develop the world of In Her Majesty’s Name. The Company Lists will introduce new, fully playable factions to the setting, from the Vatican’s monster hunters to revolutionaries and underworld organisations across Europe to Russia’s intelligence agents, American rail barons, Asian secret societies, and the inhabitants of darkest Africa. The scenarios and special rules further develop the base game, giving players more variety, and increasing the possibilities!
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Osprey Publishing
Questions and answers
Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name are: Craig Cartmell and Charles Murton. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Heroes, Villains and Fiends: A Companion for In Her Majesty's Name as an expansion for In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules to use it. Check that your edition of In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.