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Audatia, the Swordfighting Card Game

Audatia, the medieval swordfighting card game! This mod contains all currently available Audatia decks, including four character decks and two expansions. Below is the official description of the game, and then my own description.

From the official website ( http://audatiagame.com ):
"AUDATIA is a card game for two players in which they duel each other with swords. Everything you do in the card game works in real life, and vice versa - blow by blow. The game is an accurate representation of the Fiore school of medieval longsword as taught in the School of European Swordsmanship. [Guy Windsor's school.]

Playing it, you will accomplish four very important things:

- You will have hours of fun stabbing and slashing at your friends without killing anyone
- You will, as if by magic, learn the theory of Fiore’s art. If you decide to take up a sword and attend a beginner’s class, you will have a major advantage!
- You will, in a suspiciously fun and accidental fashion, learn the medieval Italian terminology you need to discuss Fiore’s art with other players and swordsmen
- By being aware of all this, you’re part of the living legacy of western martial arts
We set out to create an uncompromisingly authentic and accurate representation of the art and - thanks to game design magic - have also created a seriously fun, accessible yet deep, tactical duelling card game. Without toning down the realism one notch. There is absolutely nothing else like it."

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Now for my own description. Audatia is a card game that plays very quickly once you've learned how to play. Each match takes about 5 minutes! It's based on the teachings of Fiore de’i Liberi in his c.1409 fighting manual Il Fior di Battaglia, or The Flower of Battle. Guy Windsor teaches Fiore's system in real life with real longswords and daggers.
Do you prefer German longsword over Italian longsword? You're in luck! One of the four character decks - Nikodemus - and one of the two expansions for Audatia are specifically for German longsword in the Johannes Liechtenauer tradition.

I created this mod, scanning, cropping, and uploading the images myself, with the creators' permission. I've taught this game to over a dozen people, and every one of them loved it. Now I hope many more people will see and enjoy this game as well! If you're getting your friends into HEMA, you'll want to play this game with them.

There's room for four players if you wish to have two 1v1 matches simultaneously, but the game itself is a two-player game.

Please read the notebook in-game, and tell me if you have any problems getting this mod to work!

The Rules: Old link: https://growlpartnership.selz.com/item/53eb2550b798720c74cf7084
New link as of 2023-10-07: https://files.catbox.moe/i2pwoc.pdf
YouTube channel for the game (not mine): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCF65BFPmt0u2i0fJMkCXw/videos
If you like this game, please consider supporting it by purchasing decks from http://www.drivethrucards.com/browse.php?keywords=audatia !