Robin Hood is an old school style tactical solitaire board game of action and adventure, with a bit of wargame and RPG elements mixed in. An open-ended sandbox style game where the player may choose his own path. Set in Nottingham Shire, England in the year 1180, the player will control up to 6 Merry Men at once. The Merry Men will frequently encounter enemy bandits, Nottingham soldiers, or possibly even Foresters in Sherwood Forest. Game components include a Nottingham Shire map, various mats, a tables book, and several counter sheets representing individual Merry Men, soldiers, weapons, items, etc. The player moves his band of Merry Men across map, searching for rich targets to steal from, visiting Newstead Abbey and The Blue Boar Inn to buy necessary items, gamble, or pick up new quests. They may even sneak into a castle in order to steal gold or rescue a peasant in the dungeon. As the Merry Men earn more experience points, they will continue to improve their skills. The ultimate goal of your Merry Men is to arm the towns of Nottingham Shire, convince them to rebel and attack Nottingham Castle, and remove the Sheriff from power before December 31st, 1180. To accomplish this, the Merry Men must increase Loyalty of the town to 10, plus arm the town with 10 weapons. The more towns that take part in the rebellion, the better chance they will have of succeeding in defeating Nottingham Castle and removing the Sheriff from power. But if the towns fail to remove the Sheriff before December 31st, the Merry Men will all be automatically hunted down and executed. —description from the designer