2025Leo Soloviey
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- 38
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Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players90 - 180 minHeavy weight
Principes
2026Leo Soloviey
- Videos
- 7
- Creators
- 5
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Principes is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, and 1 other video.
1 - 4 players
40 - 160 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Year 1202, the Kingdom of Poland has been divided for 64 years. The last, respected Senior-Prince, Mesco the Old, dies in peace, but with his death the fragile order collapses. In Principes, Poland is broken into 4 Principalities, led by 4 branches of the Piast dynasty. The players' task is to take control of their part of the Kingdom and lead to the coronation of one of their Princes. To do this, players will develop and expand their lands, wage wars and form alliances with neighboring factions. Only the most persistent and clever will succeed! Players will compete with each other for a maximum of 6 Rounds, which are divided into 3 Periods. Each Round begins with the revealing of the History Card (through them, the Teutonic Knights and the Mongols can appear on the board, among others). The core mechanism of the game consist of secretly programming 3 of 6 available Actions, which are: Progress, Taxes, Assembly, Movement, Building and Politics. The goal of the participants is to climb up the 3 Tracks (the Track of Power, Support of the People and the Clergy) to the highest position - then they can crown their prince, and thus immediately end the game with their glorious victory! The game is being created thanks to a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and tells the story of a key, extremely interesting period of confusion, chaos and growth in Polish history - it is called the time of great disruption, after which (with the help of players) the rebirth will come. -description from the designer
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Which Principes video should I watch?
Principes has 7 videos from 5 creators: 3 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides and 1 other video. They date from May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "PRINCIPES board game playthrough | how to play" by EZBoardGames, which runs 50 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "PRINCIPES This is going to be a top game for a lot of medieval conquest fans!" by Rahdo Runs Through. 3 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Sovereign: Bretwalda, Bretwalda: Vanished Kingdoms, Bretwalda: Danelag and Sovereign: Bretwalda – Artefacts, also by Leo Soloviey.
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About Principes
From BoardGameGeek:
Year 1202, the Kingdom of Poland has been divided for 64 years. The last, respected Senior-Prince, Mesco the Old, dies in peace, but with his death the fragile order collapses. In Principes, Poland is broken into 4 Principalities, led by 4 branches of the Piast dynasty. The players' task is to take control of their part of the Kingdom and lead to the coronation of one of their Princes. To do this, players will develop and expand their lands, wage wars and form alliances with neighboring factions. Only the most persistent and clever will succeed! Players will compete with each other for a maximum of 6 Rounds, which are divided into 3 Periods. Each Round begins with the revealing of the History Card (through them, the Teutonic Knights and the Mongols can appear on the board, among others). The core mechanism of the game consist of secretly programming 3 of 6 available Actions, which are: Progress, Taxes, Assembly, Movement, Building and Politics. The goal of the participants is to climb up the 3 Tracks (the Track of Power, Support of the People and the Clergy) to the highest position - then they can crown their prince, and thus immediately end the game with their glorious victory! The game is being created thanks to a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and tells the story of a key, extremely interesting period of confusion, chaos and growth in Polish history - it is called the time of great disruption, after which (with the help of players) the rebirth will come. -description from the designer
Designer
Leo Soloviey
Artist
Leo Soloviey
Publisher
Self-published
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Mechanics
NegotiationCombat ResolutionDice RollingArea Movement