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Another site on this game    This game is also presented in the French site "le site du club de Stratégie de Moissy Cramayel" with       The rules, very detailed (in French)       The game overview The game    Zargo's Lords is the mythic wargame of International Team. It was a major impact at that time. Many beginners (included me) discovered the wargame with this simple game.    This game gave me the idea to to do this site: in 2003, I tried without success to find a detailed inventory of the counters to rebuild an incomplete game. It also take me a longer time to have a scan of the unpunched counters (thank you Pedro !).    This is a very unusual game, and probably the best fantastic wargame ever published. It is very simple to learn. It can also be played by 4 players and this is one of the major interest of this game.    There are of course several flaws including some imbalance (monks and dragons are very strong) but if you have the opportunity to play this game with 3 other people, do it.    This game had a lot of success and was followed by an extension : Zargo's Lords 2. The people name was also reused in the game Zargos from Eurogames. Zargos is not exactly a wargame, it's mainly a territory conquest game (enhanced risk) . The illustration    The illustration is signed Enea Riboldi, 1978. 2 different box have been produced: this one was the first. The other was yellow to be seen here. Opening of the box    The box includes the map (good quality, glossy), 247 counters (even if it is written 240 in the rulebook), 4 cards to chose its people randomly, 2 wheels for combat resolutions, the rules and 2 dice.    The wheels are in fact not practical and are often damaged. In Zargo's Lords 2, they are replaced by a simple table. The map The map represents the 4 continents of Zargo's world (one per player). This is a planet and the edges are connected together. The counters    Here is a scan of the unpunched counters, needed to rebuild the missing counters and to check that the game is complete.    Each people is different and each counter has its own characteristics. It's in fact a mixture of what is available in different kind of wargames: you will easily recognize artillery, paratroopers, aircrafts, tanks, cavalry, bowmen and of course infantry. So for instance the knights against the winged is like tanks against aircrafts. The rules    The rules in french on le site du club de Stratégie de Moissy Cramayel    The rules in Italian on www.grognard.org    The rules include 20 pages in 4 languages (Italian, English, German, French).    The object of the game is to conquer the highest number of towns in 25 turns.    The placement is free for the armies and the cities, inside its own continent. On each town are placed a maximum of 4 hidden counters. The other counters are visible.    The game concept is very simple:    - the player propose new possible alliances    - movements    - fire (arrows, flame or visions)    - combats    The rules and game tables improved by Pascal Arcade - in French only Some price (2004-2006):    This game is easy to find, even if the price are usually above 40 euros. N° EBAY Price EBAY Country Date Remarks 5921651478 EUR 61 France 26 sept 2004   5922312258 $ 39,90 USA 27 sept 2004 unpunched 5923398678 $ 29,90 USA 2 oct 2004   5923230200 EUR 131 France 4 oct 2004   5924243923 EUR 53 France 9 oct 2004   5925902645 EUR 67 France 17 oct 2004   5929320094 EUR 27,39 Germany 30 oct 2004   5930043182 EUR 37,87 Germany 2 nov 2004   5929805177 EUR 80 Italy 4 nov 2004   5930927032 EUR 49,50 France 9 nov 2004   5932947992 EUR 45,87 Germany 14 nov 2004   5934712574 EUR 102,11 Germany 21 nov 2004   5936009429 EUR 24,61 Germany 25 nov 2004   5937931462 EUR 56,50 France 5 dec 2004   5941439286 EUR 83,50 France 17 dec 2004 with Zargo's Lords 2 5950648819 $ 50 USA 24 jan 2005 unpunched 5165928547 $ 76 USA 21 fev 2005 unpunched 5174741815 EUR 37,98 Germany 20 mar 2005   51800600383 $ 41 USA 4 apr 2005 unpunched (same game as 5165928547) 5186293119 EUR 80 Italy 24 apr 2005   5195095908 EUR 141 France 18 may 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 5977529637 EUR 52 France 30 may 2005   5980859245 EUR 82 France 19 June 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 52088624777 EUR 64 France 21 June 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 5215366059 EUR 95 France 13 Jul 2005   5231729710 AU$ 61 Australia 24 Aug 2005   5234081702 EUR 103 France 30 Aug 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 5233794922 US$ 187,50 Italy 2 sept 2005 a Zargo's Lords 2 like new 5233796219 US$ 91 Italy 2 sept 2005   5240050037 EUR 60 Italy 17 sept 2005   5240699878 $ 16 USA 16 sept 2005   5241187472 EUR 30,50 France 20 sept 2005 uncomplete ? bad shape 5243278391 EUR 39,99 Germany 22 sept 2005 not sold 5240433429 EUR 45,50 France 23 sept 2005   5119152309 EUR 43,50 France 3 oct 2005   8701713123 EUR 40,05 Allemagne 12 oct 2005   8702849154 EUR 50,05 France 14 oct 2005   6010577912 EUR 76,50 France 13 nov 2005   8724125371 $ 26 USA 22 nov 2005   8723138529 EUR 31 Italy 21 nov 2005   8735379657 EUR 65 Italy 9 dec 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 8731944250 EUR 41,50 France 11 dec 2005   87319583972 EUR 82 France 11 dec 2005 with Zargo's Lords 2 8732148343 $ 71 USA 12 dec 2005   8748840991 $ 67,77 USA 15 dec 2005   6028099415 EUR 40 Spain 16 jan 2005 Zargo's Lords 2 only 87520922130 EUR 40,50 Italy 22 jan 2006   8752370240< $ 17 USA 23 Jan 2006 unpunched 8759891939 $ 31 USA 8 feb 2006   8758460928 EUR 29,50 Germany 5 feb 2006   8762349551 $ 28 USA 13 feb 2006   8762349603 EUR 32 France 13 feb 2006   8765468509 EUR 46 Italy 19 feb 2006 damaged 8768990394 EUR 9,38 Germany 26 feb 2006 damaged 8774814556 EUR 56 Italy 13 march 2006   8782559735 $ 51 USA 26 march 2006   8790728015 £ 16 UK 12 apr 2006   6055416588 EUR 35 France 8 may 2006   88060550245 EUR 39 France 8 may 2006   8815675578 EUR 118,90 Germany 28 may 2006 with Zargo's Lords 2 8816852111 EUR 51 Italy 30 May 2006   8817330231 EUR 78 Germany 31 may 2006   8818413349 EUR 52,50 France 2 june 2006   Zargo's Lords overview reference: W103 Age: from 15 years on Game for 2/4 players Time of game: 2-4 hours Difficulty 3 (little difficulty) Date: 1979 Links: Zargo's Lords on le site du club de Stratégie de Moissy Cramayel Zargo's Lords on boardgamegeek Zargo's Lords in LA CAVERNE Zargo's Lords on Tric-Trac Zargo's Lords on ingame.com (italie) Zargo's Lords in La Tana dei Goblin(italie)

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