2025Daniele Tascini
- Videos
- 31
- Creators
- 28
2 - 5 players100 minHeavy weight

2021John Ratigan
From BoardGameGeek
Those criminals are being called “Heretics!” “Enemies of the Government!” “Messengers of the Antichrist!” And you're compelled to join them. Europe, early 1500s. Now, the State Church has determined that you, too, deserve a terminal sentence for committing multiple crimes – that is, what they have decided are crimes. But you are scheming to seize a rare opportunity: To use your final act to subvert the State Church's effort towards full governmental supremacy. Armed only with a message and your final breaths, can you use them shrewdly in the ultimate performance of your life? In Martyr: Bloody Theater 1528, you will push your luck with your dwindling breaths to shape public opinion through action selection, while controlling the advantage, or disadvantage, of player turn order. But stay focused, because as you incentivize other players to aid your cause, you may also be delivering them to victory… Contend valiantly! -description from the publisher
Learn to play
Martyr: Bloody Theater 1528 has 4 videos from 1 creator: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from January 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Maryr intro" by calandale, which runs 1 h 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Martyr review" by calandale. To see it played, watch "Martyr 1" by calandale, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Transgalactica, Dice Theme Park, Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity or Kanagawa, which share several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
Those criminals are being called “Heretics!” “Enemies of the Government!” “Messengers of the Antichrist!” And you're compelled to join them. Europe, early 1500s. Now, the State Church has determined that you, too, deserve a terminal sentence for committing multiple crimes – that is, what they have decided are crimes. But you are scheming to seize a rare opportunity: To use your final act to subvert the State Church's effort towards full governmental supremacy. Armed only with a message and your final breaths, can you use them shrewdly in the ultimate performance of your life? In Martyr: Bloody Theater 1528, you will push your luck with your dwindling breaths to shape public opinion through action selection, while controlling the advantage, or disadvantage, of player turn order. But stay focused, because as you incentivize other players to aid your cause, you may also be delivering them to victory… Contend valiantly! -description from the publisher
Designer
John Ratigan
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