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+In June 1520, at Balinghem, there met the young and glorious Kings of England
+and of France in a grand and splendid celebration of their mutual friendship
+and admiration. There were great feasts and opulent amusements, conspicuous
+expressions of deepest and sincerest piety, and fierce tournaments. Each King
+outshone the other in turn, so that the world might be astounded at the wealth
+and power of each kingdom. So many tents and raiments were made of precious
+cloth of gold, that the field is so named.
+
+<p>
+This game was created to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the
+world’s most famous three-week party, in which King Henry VIII of England, and
+Francis I of France, spent ridiculous amounts of money and resources to peacock
+at each other. Through smiles made of gritted teeth, the game’s two players
+will express friendship: each action they take will give their opponent a tile
+that they might use to score. Scoring usually entails removing the tile from
+the game, so each player must take care to maximize their scoring opportunities
+while either denying them to their rival, or forcing their rival to score
+before they’re ready. Once the game is underway, players are generally given
+only two options, and both of those options are usually painful - even and
+sometimes especially when they score you points.
+
+<p>
+A sort of subversion of the point salad paradigm, The Field of the Cloth of
+Gold harkens back to the feel of the classic German games of the 1990s: simple,
+elegant, austere, and politely vicious.
+
+<br clear="left">
+
+<p>
+Game Design: Amabel Holland.<br>
+
+<p>
+Copyright &copy; 2023
+<a href="https://hollandspiele.com/products/the-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold">Hollandspiele</a>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="/field-cloth-gold/info/rules.html">Laws of Play</a>
+</ul>