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Title:
Castelnuovo 1539
Description:
On Auguse 7, 1539, the last resistance of the Spanish garrison of the Albanian village of Castelnuovo (Novi for the Turks) ended. After 22 days of open trench warfare and more than a month of batles, skirmishes, assaults and bombardments, the last Spanish defenders fulfilled the destiny they had promised themselves when they rejected the offers of surrender made to them, according to the rules of war, by Hayreddin Barbarossa, admiral of the Ottoman fleet and general in charge of the operation.
The city and its fortifications, rather meager and obsolete, had been taken by the forces of the Holy League in October 1538, to avoid ending the campaign with the sour taste of the naval defeat at Preveza. 14 companies of Spanish infantry under the command of Francisco Sarmiento de Mendoza y Manuel, about 3,500 men, were garrisoned there for the winter.
The following summer brought a flood of 50,000 Turks and a 200-sail fleet to the ramparts. After Venice’s defection from the League, there was no option of naval relief and the Spanish command authorized capitulation, but Sarmiento and his men decided to respond to Barbarossa’s offer with the phrase ”Come whenever you dare!”, which sealed their fate.
In this game, two sides face each other in a desperate battle: the city and its fortifications will eventually fall to Turkish power, but the question is, at what cost?
The Ortoman side must either take control of the key points of the fortress or eliminate all Spanish forces. The Spanish player will have to make sure that they pay a very high price for their victory... There is no other way out.
In Castelnuovo, you will manage your army using vertical wooden blocks with stickers, and you will not be able to see the types of units your opponent has. The board is divided into zones and you will have other types of resources such as cannon batteries, walls, bastions, trenches, etc. Battles are played by rolling 6-sided dice and usinga deck of cards for each side, allowing you to give orders, improve your battles, dig trenches and trigger special events.
The city and its fortifications, rather meager and obsolete, had been taken by the forces of the Holy League in October 1538, to avoid ending the campaign with the sour taste of the naval defeat at Preveza. 14 companies of Spanish infantry under the command of Francisco Sarmiento de Mendoza y Manuel, about 3,500 men, were garrisoned there for the winter.
The following summer brought a flood of 50,000 Turks and a 200-sail fleet to the ramparts. After Venice’s defection from the League, there was no option of naval relief and the Spanish command authorized capitulation, but Sarmiento and his men decided to respond to Barbarossa’s offer with the phrase ”Come whenever you dare!”, which sealed their fate.
In this game, two sides face each other in a desperate battle: the city and its fortifications will eventually fall to Turkish power, but the question is, at what cost?
The Ortoman side must either take control of the key points of the fortress or eliminate all Spanish forces. The Spanish player will have to make sure that they pay a very high price for their victory... There is no other way out.
In Castelnuovo, you will manage your army using vertical wooden blocks with stickers, and you will not be able to see the types of units your opponent has. The board is divided into zones and you will have other types of resources such as cannon batteries, walls, bastions, trenches, etc. Battles are played by rolling 6-sided dice and usinga deck of cards for each side, allowing you to give orders, improve your battles, dig trenches and trigger special events.
Min Number of Players:
1
Max Number of Players:
2
Barcode:
698142726393
Category:
War
Medieval
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Publisher:
Draco Ideas
Playing Time:
90
Year Published:
2025
Designer:
Francisco Ronco
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Artist:
Yolanda Alcaine
Jose German
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Suggested Ages:
14+
Date Added:
2026-04-09 09:11:19
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$187.01
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-09
Date Added:
2026-04-09 09:11:19