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Dec 7, 2025·Unboxing·21:12·99·Watch on YouTube

Alliance: Multiplayer Napoleonic Wargame Unboxing and First Look

The Gaming Gang

The Gaming Gang

Watch “Alliance: Multiplayer Napoleonic Wargame Unboxing and First Look,” a board game unboxing for Alliance from The Gaming Gang on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by The Gaming Gang on YouTube:

Jeff unboxes and takes a first look at Alliance: Multiplayer Napoleonic Wargame from Columbia Games. It tackles the entirety of the Napoleonic Wars as a grand strategy, fog of war, block system game for one to seven players. The game's for ages 14+, plays in around two to ten hours, and carries an MSRP of $99.98. Learn more at https://www.columbiagames.com Get your geek on at thegaminggang.com! Want to support TGG every month? Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thegaminggang or make a one-time contribution to The Gaming Gang at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=J8Q6YSKP3TMRC Don't forget we're also an affiliate of DriveThruRPG at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?affiliate_id=345498 Come hang with the gang on The Gaming Gang Discord server https://discord.com/invite/jTMkEWptaD Opening music "On My Way Home" by The 126ers YouTube Audio Library #Alliance #ColumbiaGames #Wargames #JeffMcAleer #TheGamingGang

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Alliance

Alliance

2024·Tom Dalgliesh, Grant Dalgliesh, Bruce McFarlane

Videos
11
Creators
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Mainly unboxings. Alliance is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 1 other video.

1 - 7 players
120 - 480 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Alliance, from BoardGameGeek:

A game of diplomacy and warfare in the Napoleonic Era with a Columbia Block System twist. Play as Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia, Spain, or the Ottomans. These major powers cannot survive alone, however. They require the assistance and support of neighboring countries, the Minor States. Even though Alliance is best with 3-7 players, the Minor States create added depth for the two-player game and innovative solo rules are included. Players start each turn by receiving 5 cards and discarding one. Afterwards, they take turns playing a card, moving and building units, and conducting combat operations if necessary. When leaders are played, a political phase occurs in which the major powers make diplomatic plays for the Minor States. Players can forge alliances lasting a year or more, with various conditions in effect: gold tributes, border disputes, non-aggression pacts, etc. By default, the winner is the player with the most Victory Points in cities by the game's end.

Designers

Tom Dalgliesh, Grant Dalgliesh, Bruce McFarlane

Publisher

Columbia Games

Categories

NapoleonicPolitical

Mechanics

NegotiationCard-Driven
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