The Duke: Middle Ages Siege Engines Expansion

About this expansion

The Duke: Middle Ages Siege Engines Expansion is a two-player expansion for The Duke, designed for games lasting about 30 minutes. Released in 2013, it adds five new tiles, including four siege engines and an engineer, to the core game.

Before starting a standard game, players place the five expansion tiles beside the board. Whenever a player draws one of five specified tiles, they may immediately replace it with the corresponding expansion tile. If they decline, that replacement opportunity is permanently lost, allowing a single player to claim all five new tiles if the game permits.

• Battering Ram replaces the Marshal.
• Trebuchet replaces the Knight.
• Catapult replaces the General.
• Ballista replaces the Priest.
• Engineer replaces the Oracle.

The expansion introduces several new movement and action icons: Smash, Hammer, Area-Effect, and Non-capturing Move/Jump. These additions give the replacement tiles their own distinctive rules language within The Duke.

Two new Enhanced Abilities are also included: Redeploy (V) and Link (VI). With its optional tile replacements, siege engine theme, and additional abilities, The Duke: Middle Ages Siege Engines Expansion offers a focused way to add new tile possibilities to a standard game of The Duke.