Winceby
BGG rank
BGG #27,871
BGG rating
5.4

Winceby

1995

Rules assistance for Winceby

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 120 min
  • Complexity 2.5/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Winceby

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Winceby is a board game released in 1995 for 2 players and 120 minutes per game. It was designed by Robert G. Markham and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Variable Set-up, and Grid Movement.

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About the game

Winceby was the inserted game in Game Fix magazine, issue 5, March 1995. Winceby uses the Royalists & Roundheads system originally published by 3W. It is a representation of the cavalry battle that took place outside of the small village of Winceby on October 11, 1643. This battle helped secure the county of Lincolnshire for the Parliament. Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, important figures in the English Civil War showed their mettle in this small but significant battle, In game terms, Winceby is a significant addition to the Royalists & Roundheads series as it introduces the new "Charge" command for cavalry units, more clearly defines the rules governing routed combat units, and includes rules for dismounted Dragoon units.

Questions and answers

Winceby supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.