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Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:09am

Has anyone ever heard of a game by TSR called Divine Right?

this game looks similar to it , it was played on a paper map with cardboard counters and was published back in the early 1980's . this is the first time I have ever seen a pc game that reminded me of it and I am curious if it might be inspired by it. it is not a well known game but it was incredibly entertaining.Me and my friends would play it for 12 hrs sometimes on a weekend when I was a kid.We'd start in the early afternoon and finish by 3 am before someone won the game. good times. it is uncanny how the map on this game looks like it. Even the terrain on it.

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Originally posted by bipolarexpress1:

Got it the first edition right here next to me. All counters, all cards, maps, dice, etc. it was and is the single best game I've ever played in any format. One of my son's friends set a sweating beer on the box and I started speaking in tongues, spinning my head until the can was removed. One game back in high school lasted 27 hours of continuous play. If you can, find it, play it and be in awe. You won't regret it.

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Sloul Des Tucs has Sovereignty: Crown of Kings

Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:20am

I read another person saying that the game looked much like ''Wizard Kings'', it was also a cardboard from the same time.

I honnestly don't know, but those games look neat!

Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:21am

Originally posted by Sloul:
I read another person saying that the game looked much like ''Wizard Kings'', it was also a cardboard from the same time.

I honnestly don't know, but those games look neat!

Wizard Kings , I'll have to google it. I've actually seen a copy of Divine Right for sale for over 150 bucks in mint conditiion. of course it's so old they don't make it anymore , no more TSR for one thing.

Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:27am

Wizard Kings is still available it was last published in 2013 , Divine right is from the 80's. Sovereignty doesn't look all that much like it's based on it but the art work is similar. Units are different and wizards and spells are front and center in 'Wizard Kings' . looks kinda cool but not a pc game either.

Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:28am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Right_%28game%29 here it is , the wiki on it. I know it looks dated but in my memory it was one heck of a game. First one of it's kind I ever played and got me into historical wargamiing.

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Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:38am

http://www.divinerightonline.com/game_play.html apparently there is a small group of nostalgic gamers that made an online version of it. This game would be amazing to see on Steam in a professional form. It was really something. You couldn't stop playing until you took over the whole map and defeated everyone, it was that fun.

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Buzzerker Apr 12, 2015 @ 12:45am

One last link , I actually found a map of the game first time I've seen it in over 30 years. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2kYwUiN0p5M/TDtcnoxG-ZI/AAAAAAAAAEg/QkBonsV-Jlc/s1600/minaria.jpg smaller than I imagined.

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Nekomessiah has Sovereignty: Crown of Kings

Apr 12, 2015 @ 1:32am

Yes! I think so.
My Icon is Divine Right. :)

Originally posted by Buzzerker:
this game looks similar to it , it was played on a paper map with cardboard counters and was published back in the early 1980's . this is the first time I have ever seen a pc game that reminded me of it and I am curious if it might be inspired by it. it is not a well known game but it was incredibly entertaining.Me and my friends would play it for 12 hrs sometimes on a weekend when I was a kid.We'd start in the early afternoon and finish by 3 am before someone won the game. good times. it is uncanny how the map on this game looks like it. Even the terrain on it.

Sheytanaslan has Sovereignty: Crown of Kings

Apr 12, 2015 @ 3:15am

Never played DR but Sword of Aragon still sticks with me. Would love to see a remake of that game with a more expanded map. The detail to economics, making units and equipting them, and the random events really set a bar rarely seen in games today.

vivas

Apr 12, 2015 @ 3:28am

This game does remind me alot of Birthright; Gorgon's alliance

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bipolarexpress1 Aug 3, 2023 @ 1:25pm

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Buzzerker Aug 3, 2023 @ 1:48pm

Originally posted by bipolarexpress1:
Got it the first edition right here next to me. All counters, all cards, maps, dice, etc. it was and is the single best game I've ever played in any format. One of my son's friends set a sweating beer on the box and I started speaking in tongues, spinning my head until the can was removed. One game back in high school lasted 27 hours of continuous play. If you can, find it, play it and be in awe. You won't regret it.

It was one of the best games I have ever played in my life. You are totally right. I would love to see it done on PC.

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Three of Clubs has Sovereignty: Crown of Kings

Oct 19, 2023 @ 7:07pm

It is available in Tabletop Simulator . No A.I. but all the pieces are there .

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mark41974

Apr 9, 2024 @ 8:09pm

Birthright a Game made by Seirra Games came out I belive in the late 90s based of D and D divine right.

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richpete42 has Sovereignty: Crown of Kings

Jul 11, 2024 @ 9:00pm

Worthington Games is publishing a new edition of the Divine Right boardgame. It's up for preorder and is expected to be available in the fall. Looks like a pretty faithful update of the original game.

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