Pyramid Review
Hundred Kingdoms Official Boxed Game
Published by BlackOrc Games
Created by Rick A. Jensen
Boxed set; $60
Hundred Kingdoms is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by BlackOrc Games. According to the background, the Empire of Avalon has fragmented. Until now it was ruled by the divinely appointed Hand of God. The Prophets have decreed that a Warlord will emerge and seize the throne, and powers of the Hand of God and rule the kingdom. Warlords of the human Kingdom of Avalon, human Bushido Empire, ape-ruled Simian Empire, feline Panthera Tribe, and insects of the Hive all vie to be the Hand of God. Hundred Kingdoms lets you be one of those Warlords and fight for control of the empire.
The Hundred Kingdoms Official Boxed Game comes in a slip-covered cardboard box filled with miniatures (in large blister packs), rulebook, and foam packing peanuts. The box is not adequate to transport miniatures to a remote gaming location, but it does come crammed with contents.
It contains:
- A 44-page Rulebook
- One Kingdom of Avalon 197-point army
- King Thomas Killian (King of Avalon)
- One unit of 10 Avalonian Archers
- One unit of 10 Templar Knights
- One Panthera Tribe 189-point army
- Rashaka Leao (lord of the Panthera Tribe)
- One unit of 10 Jaguar Archers
- One unit of 10 Jaguar Spearmen
- Five 20-sided dice
You also do not need the boxed game to play; the rulebook is available as a free PDF download from the Hundred Kingdoms website. . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: September 27, 2002
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