Fight for Faith, Power, and Empire during Europe's most devastating conflict! Published by VUCA Simulations, Thirty Years of Misery is an epic grand strategy wargame for 2 to 4 players, spanning the entirety of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) from the Bohemian Revolt to the Peace of Westphalia.

Command one of four deeply asymmetric playable factions:

Imperial Habsburgs: Preserve Imperial authority, defend Austria, secure Bohemia, and strengthen Habsburg influence.

Catholic League: Champion the Catholic cause while advancing Bavaria's political ambitions.

Sweden: Enter Germany as the champion of Protestantism, dominate the Baltic, and wage aggressive maneuver warfare.

France: Support the Protestant cause to weaken the Habsburgs and establish French hegemony in Europe.

Thirty Years of Misery innovatively separates military control from religious influence. Occupying a territory does not automatically convert its populace; dedicated Religious War Phases utilize unique conversion dice to shift the Empire's faith. Featuring randomized turn order, custom battle dice tailored to each distinct army (Habsburgs, Sweden, France, Catholic League, Spain, etc.), famous historical commanders (Wallenstein, Tilly, Gustavus Adolphus, Torstensson, Turenne), and individual faction event decks, no two campaigns ever unfold the same way.

Includes three historical scenarios:

1618–1648: Thirty Years of Misery (Full campaign)

1618–1629: The Empire Strikes Back (Early war emphasis)

1630–1648: The Lion of the North (Swedish intervention & foreign power expansion)

Box contents:

Mounted main game board (Area-movement map of Germany & Holy Roman Empire)

4 Faction-specific event and action card decks

Custom army combat dice & conversion dice

4 Faction player mats

Wooden and cardboard unit counters, commanders (Wallenstein, Gustavus Adolphus...), influence, and religious markers

Chit-pull turn order tokens

Rulebook and Scenario booklet in English