Rebels & Lords

A strategy war game on a 19 by 19 land of grass, woods and rocks dotted with castles held by the lords and by the rebels. Each week every lord, in a new random order, looks over the map with a cursor and sends troops from his castles and idle armies to any cell. The rebels then make their own plans, and every army marches five steps. An army that meets another owner's troops fights a battle, and a castle left with no troops falls without one. At the end of the week every castle raises new troops. Lords are named by colour. One or two people can play, with up to three computer lords joining in. Own every castle to win; a lord with no castle and no army is out, and after week 99 the most castles wins.

Controls: The lord whose turn it is uses his own controller. The stick moves the cursor. The left button picks troops on your castle or army; choose how many with the stick (up and down by 10, left and right by 1), press the left button, then put the X on the destination and press it again. The right button cancels or ends your turn. In the menus, up and down choose, left and right change, and a button starts.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 36, December 1986, page 96: original Commodore 64 program by Terry Bryner. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.