An interactive historical game about the British East India Company. Players must collectively steer the fate of a single organization while selfishly enriching their own family.
Team up with a family to co-run a single player position in this megagame version of the award-winning Wehrlegig history game.
Description:
"No empire springs into being fully-formed. Their genealogies are as messy as their modes of operation." - Cole Wehrle.
History is so often presented in broad strokes. The battles, the wars, the treaties, the laws, the deals, the crimes. Names get attached to these events, known as the movers of history. The Hastings’, the Larkins’, the Paxton’s. Behind these names are a multitude of interwoven stories that become the true fabric of history. It often takes digging through the archives to understand just how important those stories are. John Company Second Edition from Wehrlegig Games, is one of the most poignant reflections on the means and motivations of colonial expansion in the 18th and 19th Century using the family as a lens. With The Company Archives, players dig deeper into the game’s argument, through an RPG experience layered on top of the boardgame play.
This is economic/political game in which players assume the roles of ambitious families attempting to use the British East India Company for personal gain.
Description:
This is a warts-and-all look into this period of history with lots of cool mechanics such as negotiation and bribery to explore. This a full play through run by an experienced and enthusiastic volunteer.
Experience a rare, early-access tutorial and play-through of Cole Wehrle's latest release!
Description:
"Chart the rise and fall of the East India Company in this cutting negotiation game about high society at the dawn of the British Empire. Created by Cole Wehrle, the award-winning designer of Root, Oath and Pax Pamir, John Company: Second Edition is a deep and thoughtful design about the complicity of Empire. During this event, players will learn how to play John Company with a rolling-teach and experience a walkthrough of the introductory 1710 campaign. Come learn about the history of the time period and development process first-hand! This will be the first public showing of the finalized game before the official US release this Fall. This preview will be lead by Drew Wehrle, Lead Developer and co-owner of Wehrlegig Games. "
Experience a rare, early-access tutorial and play-through of Cole Wehrle's latest release!
Description:
"Chart the rise and fall of the East India Company in this cutting negotiation game about high society at the dawn of the British Empire. Created by Cole Wehrle, the award-winning designer of Root, Oath and Pax Pamir, John Company: Second Edition is a deep and thoughtful design about the complicity of Empire. During this event, players will learn how to play John Company with a rolling-teach and experience a walkthrough of the introductory 1710 campaign. Come learn about the history of the time period and development process first-hand! This will be the first public showing of the finalized game before the official US release this Fall. This preview will be lead by Drew Wehrle, Lead Developer and co-owner of Wehrlegig Games. "