Boże Igrzysko

A spin off from Martin Wallace's design God's Playground features updated artwork and a new rule set for four players.

The title is borrowed from book by Norman Davies.

The game itself is set in Poland. It covers the period from about 1400 to 1790, which is covered by volume 1 of the two books.

From BGN:

In GP, players represent families of Polish nobles who are trying to increase their wealth and influence while fending off enemy nations that constantly threaten Poland.

The four families are:

Radziwiłł family (white) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82_family

Sapieha family (red) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapieha_family

Potocki family (blue) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potocki_family

Leszczyński family (yellow) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszczy%C5%84ski_family

In each of the four turns of GP, players place markers in five different Polish regions, and in a box representing the Polish national army. Each marker has a number ranging from zero to five which represents the number of nobles that the player is placing in that area. Most actions in the game require a player to remove a noble cube from an area in order to perform an action in that area. Players also have income-generating estates in the different areas of Poland, and these holdings may determine which areas a player is most eager to defend.