A Few Acres of Snow
A Few Acres of Snow is a board game designed by Martin Wallace. It is based on the French and Indian War of 1754-1763. Its name is taken from a few words of consolation Voltaire provided King Louis XV of France, when news arrived that the French had lost Canada. The title was also used for a book by Robert Leckie.[1]
Awards
- 2011 winner of the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Award[2]
- 2011 winner of the Meeples' Choice Award,[3]
Reimplementation
In 2014 Treefrog released Mythotopia, a multiplayer game based on the core mechanisms in A Few Acres of Snow. A third, space themed game, A Handful of Stars. is also in the works for release in 2016.
References
- ↑ Leckie, Robert (2000). "A Few Acres of Snow" The Saga of the French and Indian Wars: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars. New York City: Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-24690-5.
- ↑ "2011 Golden Geek Award Winners". Board Game Geek. BoardGameGeek, LLC. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Meeples Choice Awards". BoardGameGeek.
External links
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