Nate Dray & Diluvian Games present: "Versuch eines aufs Schachspiel gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwei und mehrern Personen zu spielen" in English

 Diluvian Enterprises presents...

"Hellwig's Conquest: A Tactical Game bases on Chess"

Translated from the German by Nate Dray. 

This book is available on Etsy or ebay. Or direct from me.

Letter-sized, perfect bound, w/ color plates, 144 pages, $30 + shipping.

ISBN: 978-0-9822892-5-9

Hellwig's Conquest on Etsy

Hellwig's Conquest on ebay

Now for the first time, this classic groundbreaking game is available in a high fidelity English translation by Nate Dray and Diluvian Games.

Originally released in Germany in 1780 under the title "Versuch eines aufs Schachspiel gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwei und mehrern Personen zu spielen" and also known as the Brunswick Wargame or Braunschweiger Kriegsspiel, this is probably the oldest published set of modern wargame rules. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nate Dray, Chess Problem Painting, "Sam Lloyd, 1897 - Orange moves first, mates in two"

"Sam Lloyd, 1897 - Orange moves first, mates in two"

The chess problem.

Typically, in a chess problem presentation, White moves first and achieves mate in a specified number of moves.

Here Orange takes the place of White and moves first. 

The key move Orange must first make is seemingly innocuous. 

Hellwig's Conquest: A Tactical Game based on Chess Rulebook now Available.

 

This book now available on Etsy. Or direct from me.

Letter-sized, perfect bound, w/ color plates, 144 pages, $25 + shipping.

ISBN: 978-0-9822892-5-9

Hellwig's Conquest rulebook on Etsy

Originally released in Germany in 1780 under the title Versuch eines aufs Schachspiel gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwei und mehrern Personen zu spielen, this is probaby the oldest published set of modern wargame rules.

This book is a new English language translation of this classic set of groundbreaking game rules.

 

"Wurkung des Geschußes"

 

Von der Artillerie

These are the beginning stages of ordnance pieces for the game made according to design instructions for an 18th century idea of cool-looking game pieces to represent cannon, mortars or howitzers. The tactics and ideas used in the game were state-of-the-art at the time of initial publication.