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Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era
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Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era

Requires:Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era

Designed by Johan Brattström, Sean Chick

Published by Hollandspiele

Expansion
Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach
Country: England
Game: Horse & Musket (Hollandspiele)

Players

1-2

Play Time

30-60 min

Complexity

3.3 / 5

Rating

7.8

Year

2019

Community Snapshot

Medium complexity
30–60 min
7.8 on BGG (34)
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Categories

Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.
Pike and Shot
Set in the pike-and-shot era (1400s–1700s) — early gunpowder warfare, musketeers, and formation tactics.
Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.

Rated 5.5 by the community, Horse & Matchlock: Prelude to an Era brings dice rolling to 1–2 players in about 30–60 min.

How It Plays

Action Points

You get a limited number of action points each turn and choose how to spend them — prioritizing is everything.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Grid Movement

Pieces move on a grid of squares — straightforward movement that still leaves room for deep tactical thinking.

Hexagon Grid

The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.

Line of Sight

Your units can only interact with what they can directly see on the board — positioning matters a lot.

Modular Board

The board is made of separate pieces arranged differently each game — no two setups are ever quite the same.

About This Game

Horse & Matchlock is the prologue to Horse & Musket: Dawn of an Era. This volume will cover warfare from 1618-1682, when the armies of Europe shifted from heavy pike formations to linear lines of musketeers. Warfare moved towards firepower, although firepower was curbed by the limitations of the matchlock musket.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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