Recently I acquired the board game from eBay (as it is sadly out of print). The box came and everything is in great condition, it hardly looks used.

I was excited to have a physical copy of the rules (instead of just a .pdf file) and delved right in. Man! there are a lot of rules, the rule book is 40-some pages, and the sections of the rule book refer forward to unread sections and back to sections which I need to reread. However, once reading the entire rule book the rules do make sense, even if you need to refer to them occasionally. I look forward to playing the game with some friends I surprisingly convinced to agree to play with me. (Thank you, friends, I appreciate this.)

Some general info about the game: it covers the period from 1517-1555 in Europe. The playable powers are the Habsburgs, the Ottomans, the Protestants, the Papacy, France, England, Venice, Scotland, Genoa, and Hungary-Bohemia. Each of the major powers has their own path to victory. More updates as we play.