by Brian Cameron
12 September 2009

In 1520 Charles V rules an empire which spans Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Naples.

France, fearful of this encirclement, makes Italy a battlefield.

In England, the king needs a son and heir. In the east the Ottoman Empire threatens all of Europe, a Europe whose unity is split between a corrupt Papacy and the new Protestant religion.

Renaissance & Reformation games 25 years of religious, political and military struggle.