Description: Here at Sound of Drums we develop and publish thrilling historical boardgames.
SOUND OF DRUMS we develop and publish thrilling historical boardgames Home Our Games History of the Ancient Seas History of the Ancient Seas Part I – HELLAS History of the Ancient Seas II – DIES IRAE History of the Ancient Seas Part III – MARE NOSTRUM 1793 – Patriots and Traitors Battles of Napoleon Blog Reviews Welcome to Sound of Drums! For thousands of years soldiers all over the world followed the sound of drums marching into battle or marching far away from their homes into unknown territory following
We publish strategy board games with historical backgrounds. The challenge is to find the right spot in between a game and a simulation. The better the game the worse the simulation and the better the simulation the worse the game. We don’t pretend to simulate history. We want to give players the same background to rewrite history without forcing them to repeat history.
The design of our games have one thing in common: Decision taking! We don’t use cards, only few charts and tables and as little as possible we use dice in our designs. Cards, tables and dice often replace mechanics where a designer would have a hard time representing something he had in mind for his game. In our wargames we will avoid the extensive use of markers and the number of tables. In all our games we avoid huge numbers of play aids that need to be placed around the map or in front of the players. We