Title: Black Death
Company: BTRC
Category: Board Game
Reviewer: Theresa Verity

For those who take perverse pleasure in such games as Nuclear War, and appreciate giving a good back-stab, look to BTRC's Black Death...

The board game was released early June and I was fortunate enough to play with Greg Porter himself, along with Ed Stark of WEG and another guest at the D-Cubed convention in Florida.

The object of the game is to become the deadliest plague/virus to strike the known world (14th century, to be more exact with an upgrade sheet for Death in the 16th century). The millions you "serve" are counted in and players jockey for position as the deadliest disease. The real fun is coming up with an original mane for your plague (Infectious Halitosis was one used, Skippy was another)...

Through the game you can move around, using superior tactics, and make an area of the world uninhabitable (making it hard for other diseases to flourish), use "plot-turning" cards to make your lot easier or someone else's hell, and other nastier things...

For the price you get: a re-usable carrying case, a game board, counters, rules (very quick read and easy to pick up), and 'plot cards".

All you need to do when you buy this game is to wrangle up 2 D6's and do a small amount of manual labor (punching out the cards and counters).

If you liked Nuclear War, you'll love this one.

More Reviews

Adventure Writer ™ For Windows
Minion Nation
Over the Edge
Twilight: 2000/Merc: 2000 Referee's Screen
Taslantia Product Line
Mythus Gamemaster's Screen
Astrogator's Guide to the Diaspora Sector
Legions of Steel
Bonin Horse
Darkurthe LEGENDS
Traveller: The New Era
The Complete Book of Humanoids
POD: Board Game
Black Death
Vampire: The Masquerade second edition
Dark Champions