In a very interesting marketing move, Columbia Games has announced that you can check out Richard III: War of the Roses for less than a dollar! Off hand I can’t think of any other gaming company that will let you try out one of their titles for a month before they charge you. Kudos to the gang at Columbia for… wait for it… thinking “outside the box”!
From Columbia Games:
How’s this for a fair deal? You get to try Richard III for just 99 cents and we pay for the Priority Mail shipping! You’ll have the game in 2-3 days. Play it for a month! Your credit card will automatically be billed the $59.00 balance if you keep the game. Or return it with no further obligation. Credit card required. USA only. One game only.
Richard the Third is an epic two-player game that recreates the 15th century, bloody dynastic struggle between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England. Will the mad-king Henry VI and his Queen Margaret keep the throne or will the Duke of York recover it for the Plantagenets. Also strutting across the game’s stage are Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII, and Warwick, the notorious “Kingmaker”.
The object of play is to eliminate all five enemy heirs and/or win control of the powerful nobles of England. The Lancastrians start the game holding the throne, and the Yorkists are in exile ready to invade. Kingship can be won or lost several times during the game. Will Richard III emerge triumphant, or will he perish in battle as he did historically?