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Expansion for The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror
The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria
2024
Rules assistance for The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–2 players
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria
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The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria is an expansion for The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror released in 2024 for 1–2 players. It was designed by T. C. Stephen and its main mechanics are Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
Venture into the undead-ravaged lands of southern Italy with this supplement for The Silver Bayonet, featuring a solo/cooperative campaign, new soldiers, and new foes. Something sinister has risen in Calabria, the hauntingly beautiful yet dangerous province of southern Italy. Still recovering from the destructive earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people, the region's clergy preach a crusade against France and its allies. As the major nations vie for military, political, and ideological supremacy over the Mediterranean, the Bourbon royal family plots to reclaim its Neapolitan throne, sending agents from its Sicilian stronghold to support the briganti – Calabria's bandit gangs – in waging a bloody guerrilla war against the occupying French. Meanwhile, rumors spread that the dead no longer rest easy, but rise from their graves to wander isolated valleys and mountain paths... You are sent into this powder keg to seek out the truth behind these tales. Amid the chaos, you will encounter enemies both mortal and monstrous, including a variety of undead… and those who command them. A solo/cooperative campaign and competitive scenarios will challenge your troops, so recruit new soldiers and steel your nerve to face the many perils of mysterious Calabria. —description from the publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Osprey Games
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Questions and answers
The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria supports 1–2 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light 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.
The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Wargame, and Horror. Its main mechanics are Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. 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 The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria are: T. C. Stephen. 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 The Silver Bayonet: Italy – The Shades of Calabria as an expansion for The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror to use it. Check that your edition of The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.