Once the daughter of a duke, Aliena must descend into the world of common women when her birthright is taken by force.
In addition to the crafty Ellen and the manipulative Regan Hamleigh ( Sarah Parish), there’s Lady Aliena of Shiring, who is played with plenty of pluck and playfulness by Hayley Atwell. In general, Pillars has a strong opinion on women’s roles that reflect more contemporary (if reductive) sensibilities. But unlike the bloodshed in Spartacus and the glamour of The Tudors, these details are mostly functional, primarily in service of plot and character development. Commended for its high production value and handling of multiple, complicated storylines, Pillars also offers plenty of salacious details-beheaded fathers and incestuous relationships, to name a few. While the shows share some themes (namely sex and power), Pillars holds more formal features in common with nuanced epics to come, like Game of Thrones. A combination of history lesson and HBO drama, it's an exploration of 12th-century events with much more modern sensibilities.Īt the time of its release, Pillars was a departure from the network’s other contemporary success, the sexy bloodbath that is Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The Starz eight-part miniseries is a solid work of period drama translated from Ken Follett's sprawling novel of the same name. Players must strike a balance between earning gold to fund their purchases and earning victory points.Though the series first aired 12 years ago (and the book it’s based on debuted another 21 years before that), The Pillars of the Earth stands strong in 2022. Getting early choices with a master builder costs gold, as does purchasing better craftsmen. Players are also given three master builders each turn, each of which can do a variety of tasks, including recruiting more workers, buying or selling goods, or just obtaining victory points. Workers may also be used to produce gold, the currency of the game. Gameplay roughly consists of using workers to produce raw materials, and then using craftsmen to convert the materials into victory points. Players are builders who try to contribute the most to this cathedral's construction and, in so doing, score the most victory points. Die Säulen der Erde / The Pillars of the Earth is based on the bestselling novel by Ken Follett and the 2006 game in the Kosmos line of literature-based games.Īt the beginning of the 13th century, construction of the greatest and most beautiful cathedral in England begins.
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