This is a 2-player strategic block wargame set during the first English Civil War, when the Royalist forces fighting for King Charles I were opposed by the English Parliamentarian troops and their Scottish allies, the Covenanters, in a struggle for political, economic, and religious control of England.

This War Without an Enemy's engine resembles the typical mechanics of a card-driven block wargame, but it adds a number of innovations in order to faithfully simulate both the warfare of the mid-17th century and the unique nature of this conflict. Every player has their deck, and the card decks are adjusted from year to year to reflect the historical progression of the war.

Struggle for political and economic control of mid-17th century England!