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Swords & Sails, Rewrite History in 1000 AD

Created by Jason R. Williams

Swords & Sails is an epic game of strategy, conquest, diplomacy and intrigue about leading your armies and fleets through medieval Europe in 1000 AD. Take on the role of one of the major political factions; the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Fatimid Caliphate, the Kievan Rus' Empire, the North Sea Empire, the Kingdom of France, or the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of England. Make alliances and win as a team or win individually Using military might, political intrigue, and diplomatic savvy.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Swords&Sails: New Info for Survey questions:
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 12:18:25 AM

I want to thank everyone who has answered their surveys.  I have some new information about the Minor Player add ons.  We have added 3  more Minor powers which everyone can choose, Kingdom of Leon, the 1st Bulgarian Empire and a 3rd TBD which will be decided by a vote by all the backers.  The three new minor player faction will all be included in the Emperor Pledge level. The King Pledge level will include a choice of 2 of any of the 6 Minor Players.  The Knight and Duke level pledges will allow the selection of any one of the 6 minor factions.  If you are a King Backer, and would like more than 3 factions, it would be a better value to upgrade your pledge to the Emperor Level.  Everyone's surveys are still open for anyone who wishes to make changes. 

For the 3rd Empire to be voted on, we are considering are:

The Khazar Khaganate

The Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia

A unified Ireland under the High King of Ireland.

If anyone would like to suggest a different Minor faction to add to the list to vote, then message me.

Jason

Swords&Sails Boardgame: BackerKit surveys are coming!
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:28:21 AM

Hi everyone,

We have been very busy in the last 6 weeks.

We have been working hard to get Swords&Sails ready for manufacturing and get the Pledge Manager ready for everyone.  

Soon, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards. You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences or even to switch award levels, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email! After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts. If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://swords-and-sails.backerkit.com. If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at mailto:[email protected].  

Jason R. Williams

Swords&Sails: Kingdom of Hungary Unlocked
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:02:39 AM

And we have Unlocked The Kingdom of Hungary. This means that Knight and Duke award levels will be able to choose between either taking the Kingdom of Poland or Kingdom of Hungary as their extra Minor Player stretch goal which will come with their award and King Levels will get both as part of their reward. You can still add on an additional Minor Players beyond Poland. The Emperor's Reward will now include 5 Minor Players as the First Bulgarian Empire will be included for the Emperor Level (with Poland, Hungary, Qurtuba, Leon). If we Unlock the Caliphate of Qurtuba minor player, Knight and Duke level will be able to pick between Poland, Hungary and Qurtuba for their included Minor Player and the King level will be able to pick two of them to be included. When Qurtuba gets unlocked, the Emperor Level will get an additional Minor Player faction to be determined later with input from all the backers.

Swords & Sails: Funded at $28,247 and 8 stretch goals
almost 6 years ago – Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 11:56:34 PM

Thank you everyone.  Swords & Sails will be a very epic game thanks to all of you.  We have raised $28,247.  You will all have a chance to upgrade and choose your Minor Player add ons during the pledge Manager.  If we receive enough post kickstarter pledges with continued crowd-funding, we may even unlock the last two Minor Players which will be available at the Pledge Manager step.

Swords&Sails: Caliphate of Qurtuba Unlocked.
almost 6 years ago – Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 11:56:07 PM

That was awesome, we have unlocked the Caliphate of Qurtuba.  Can we make that $29000 in 6 minutes and if so I will unlock Kingdom of Leon.