Americans hear it on the news and wonder.

July 12 in Ireland has become a day of pride and anger, lawsuits and fisticuffs. Called The Twelfth, it commemorates the Battle of the Boyne, 1690, when William of Orange (hence todays Protestant Orangemen) and his polyglot army ended the Jacobite hopes for James II to regain the throne and allow (at least) more religious freedom for Catholic Ireland.

In one sense, The Boyne might be considered the last battle of the English Civil Wara conflict that had spilled into both Scotland and Ireland along the way. And it might be considered one of the last battles of the Protestant Reformation, since much support on both sides had to do with which religion other countries wished to prevail, which is evident when you find that Williams army included Danes, Dutch, English, Huguenots, Welsh and Protestant Irish. James army was mostly Catholic Irish but also included a brigade of crack French infantry and some of the best cavalry in Europe.

Lilliburlero and issue #40 of ATO

Map - One full color 22" x 34" area mapsheet
Counters - 216 full color 9/16" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 12 pages
Charts and tables - 2 pages
Complexity - Medium
Playing time - From 2 to 5 hours
How challenging is it solitaire? - Poor

Design - Philip Jelley
Development - Lembit Tohver
Graphic Design - Mark Mahaffey