A welcoming global community for lovers of historical strategy games — from seasoned veterans to complete beginners. Whether you're here to learn, organise a friendly game, or compete for a title, you belong here. We track results and run tournaments for Here I Stand, Virgin Queen and Tanto Monta — the acclaimed series by Ed Beach (GMT Games) — but above all we're here to have fun, share a passion for history, and play great games together.
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Players from around the world competing in HIS, VQ and TM
The Games
Here I Stand
1517–1555 · The Age of Reformation
The defining political, religious and military struggle of the early 16th century. Six great powers clash across Europe for supremacy. Luther's Reformation shakes papal authority, the Ottomans sweep into the Balkans, Spain conquers the Americas, and England and France manoeuvre for dynastic advantage. Every card played, every battle fought is a step toward victory — or ruin. The game that started it all.
Virgin Queen
1559–1598 · The Elizabethan Age
The acclaimed sequel to HIS, covering the second half of a turbulent century. The Spanish Armada sails, the Dutch revolt against Habsburg rule, the French Wars of Religion tear a kingdom apart, and England rises as a maritime power. Six powers navigate espionage, piracy, New World exploration and royal succession in one of the most dramatic eras of European history. New mechanics, same epic scope.
Tanto Monta
1470–1516 · The Iberian Peninsula
Named for the motto of Los Reyes Católicos — Ferdinand and Isabella — this game captures the decisive era in which a unified Spain was forged. Muslims, Portugal, Spain and France compete for dominance of the Iberian Peninsula in the fateful decades that preceded Columbus's voyage and the beginning of Europe's global expansion. A tightly balanced four-power struggle full of diplomatic intrigue and shifting alliances.
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