Freedom! is a siege game, a test of will, endurance, and tactics between the besieged Freedom Fighters and the besieging Imperial Forces, who have come to crush the rebellion. This asymmetrical game represents the history of the siege of a Greek Holy City (Messolonghi) by Ottoman forces during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). The battle takes place in two maps: one showing the actual city and the forces involved in the siege, and one with the surrounding areas, highlighting the support that each of them provides to both players.
The goal of the invading forces is to manage to get inside the city before the end of the game or force the citizens to abandon it when their morale went down to zero. The defenders try to withstand the siege and protect the city long enough for the invaders to abandon their attempt deciding to leave on their own or by their morale going to zero.
Contents:
• Mounted game board
• rulebook
• 2 player aid charts
• 100 game cards (poker size)
• 103 wooden cubes
• 21 wooden triangular prisms
• 86 cardboard tokens
• 2 6-sided dice
• 3 8-sided dice
• 10 zip-lock bags
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- Easily replayable scenarios due to card and event variations.
- Feeling like part of the story with storyline and comic book art.
- Good for cooperative game fans who like good versus bad fighting fires.
- Offers the full experience of being a comic book hero.
- superheroes protecting a city from villains
- city
- Pandemic
- Spirit Island
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — On each turn a player has five actions.
- cooperative play — Players need to work together to find combos between their heroes cards to keep the boards safe together.
- Dice rolling — Players will solve the problems by facing pests, they're all dies in the color of the enemy or token and score a success if for each die which equals or exceeds their personal skill in that color.
- hand management — Most importantly they will play ability cards, powerful actions which reflect each hero's abilities.
- Point to Point Movement — Players must complete all private life actions before swapping to hero mode actions include moving.
- Scenario/Scenario Book — The game will be three or more comic books or scenarios initially.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The game really does give you the full experience of being a comic book hero.
- Combined with storyline and comic book art, you will feel like part of the story.