Sun of York Description"Now is the winter of our discontent made
glorious summer by this … "Sun of York" (Richard III, Ace I,
Scene 1) The Wars of the Roses (1453-1485) were the result of
the struggle for the English crown between the Houses of
Lancaster and York … both descended from the Plantagenet line …
both with equal claim to the throne. By the end of the bloody
struggle, both houses would be extinct and the crown grasped by
the first of the Tudors. Sun of York is a card game depicting
the tactical battles fought between these two royal houses.
Represented by the cards are all the day's major leaders,
including King Henry VI (too weak a leader to maintain control
of the kingdom), Margaret of Anjou (Henry's strong-willed and
manipulative queen), King Edward IV (organizational genius and
longest holder of the Crown), King Richard III (charismatic
leader of questionable morals) and Richard Neville, Earl of
Warwick (the "King Maker"). Each Leader is rated for combat
ability and his affect on the morale of t