A Mighty Fortress (AMF) simulates the conditions which made possible the spread of the Lutheran Reformation and the subsequent Catholic reaction (the Counter- Reformation) in the years 15321555.

AMF was designed by Rudolph W. Heinze, developed by Richard Berg and published by SPI on September 25, 1977. Mr. Heinze designed no other games for SPI. Michael Dean feels that this was the first and one of a very few outside submissions published by SPI.

AMF was available in both SPI's plastic z- pack (initial stock number ZMG and then subsequently 165 1) and in a 2" deep bookcase box (MG then 1650).

SPI felt it important to indicate that AMF was designed to be a simple game, with the few complexities it contained added reluctantly. "Therefore, A Mighty Fortress is not a definitive picture of the political- military-economic situation the 16th century. The idea was to present the European picture in basic, strategic terms. Much has been purposely omitted; even more has been abstracted in. Then again, how accurate is Diplomacy?"

Components

one 16-page 8 1/2"x 11" rulebook
six 5 1/2" x 8 l/2" player cards, one each for England, France, Hapsburgs, Lutherans, Ottomans and Papacy
two identical 5 1/2"x 8 1/2" tables
one full-colored 2l 3/4 x 34" hex map covering all of Europe
one sheet of back-printed 1/2" counters totaling 200 counters, as follows:

England 16 black on light olive
France 23 white on blue
France (blank) 1 blue
Hapsburgs 40 black on ochre
Lutherans 55 ochre on dark olive drab
Lutherans (blank) 3 dark olive drab
Ottomans22 black on green
Papacy 39 black on blue-grey
Game Turn 1 black on blue-grey
Total 200

A Mighty Fortress (1532-1555)

A Mighty Fortress: Background and Component Manifest
A Mighty Fortress: Rules Errata
A Mighty Fortress: Collector's Value