Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello’s svelte gameplay – War of the Ring fans may be in for a shock at the length of both the game and its rulebook – smartly seesaws between the characters’ pursuit of social standing and their efforts to revive magic. That’s certainly not to say it lacks craft. Norrell is a little less than the sum of its parts. Whatever the reason, it’s hard not to feel that Jonathan Strange & Mr. Given the combined cachet of its creators, maybe the board game was always going to face an insurmountable challenge of anticipation. Its source material is Susanna Clarke’s dense Hugo Award-winning, Man Booker Prize-longlisted, adapted-for-TV bestseller crammed with erudite homages to classic literature and a spectacularly realised vision of an alternative 19th-century Britain where magic is real, but forgotten.

It’s illustrated by Ian O’Toole, the talented artist behind the sumptuous visuals of Vinhos, Lisboa and The Gallerist. It’s designed by two of the co-creators of the thematically rich, mechanically complex Lord of the Rings adaptation War of the Ring. Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic has a lot of expectation to live up to. Norrell: A Board Game of English Magic here There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.Buy your copy of Jonathan Strange & Mr. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. Standard Delivery: Free (2-4 working days) Express Delivery: £2.49 (reduced rate, 1-2 working days)Įxpress Delivery: Free (1-2 working days)

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