The Lodge of the Black Rose hums with magical energy. Mages hunt one another through its hexagonally shaped rooms while raising the dead – and the daemonic – to aid them in their quest of becoming the next magister of the lodge. Accessing the black rose itself will allow them the ability to wield untold power. Harry Potter, this is not. Instead, it is the first game by Italian designer Marco Montanaro. He introduces the world to us in all its magically crackling glory, “Black Rose Wars is set in the Nova Aetas World. It is set in a fantasy Italian Renaissance based upon historical events of the war between Rome and Venice in the early 1500s.”
“The Lodge of the Black Rose, secretly keeping the magic away from all the rest of the world, keep draining power from the Black Rose Artifact to create new powers and new spells. Each Mage of the Black Rose Wars aspire to become the magister of the lodge to have full access to this power.”