Hellwig's Conquest, Game Board Quadrants B & D

The Hellwig's Conquest game board consists of four quadrants labeled A, B, C, and D. In my copy, each quadrant measures about 30 by 44 inches.

Each quadrant is a mirror image of another giving both players equal parts of difficult terrain to contend with. Black and white squares are "open" terrain. Red squares are impassable "mountains" and block artillery fire. Blue is "water" and requires a bridge placement for troops to cross. Green squares represent "swamp" terrain, an impediment to movement, but not artillery fire, and each side a has a Fortress square to defend as well.

Victory in Hellwig's Conquest is achieved by seizing and holding your opponent's Fortress square.

 "Hellwig's Conquest game board Quadrant B"

acrylic and ink on wood panel, 29 x 43 inches 

  "Hellwig's Conquest game board Quadrant D"

acrylic and ink on wood panel, 30 x 44 inches 

 

 

 

Nate Dray, the Best Artist from Ohio :)

 

Hello! And welcome! Allow me to tell you a little about myself in this unsettling self-aggrandizing illeist fashion. Thanks!

"Nate Dray is an artist from Ohio and founder of the publishing house Diluvian Enterprises.

 

Known primarily for his watercolors and comics, Nate's paintings hang in museums, galleries, and private collections across Northeast Ohio. 

 

With a background in Biology and Chemistry, Nate's diverse credits include author, game designer, translator and musician. When he's not at work in the studio, Nate is an avid outdoorsman and gardener."

 

 Oder...

 

"Nate Dray ist ein Künstler aus Ohio und Gründer des Verlags Diluvian Enterprises. 

 

Bekannt vor allem für seine Aquarelle und Comics, hängen Nates Werke in Museen, Galerien und Privatsammlungen im Nordosten Ohios. 

 

Mit einem Hintergrund in Biologie und Chemie ist Nate auch als Autor, Spieledesigner, Übersetzer und Musiker tätig. Wenn er nicht gerade in seinem Atelier arbeitet, ist er ein begeisterter Naturliebhaber und Gärtner."

 

 Danke schön!

 

"See Sec. 7.1a" - an abstract watercolor design by Nate Dray

 

Nate Dray, Artist

 

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 OK, I have to do a sort of logo dump here for reasons. 

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.