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2008 Ranked #12,039

China: The Middle Kingdom

Epic history game has factions control changing Chinese states and pursue era-specific objectives across centuries. Dozens of peoples and dynasties make conquest, survival, and timing central to the highest score.

Strategy Games Ancient Medieval Area Movement Series: Britannia Game System

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.93/5

Rating

6.76

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A Britannia-like game set in China, covering Chinese history from 400 BC to today.

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A Britannia-like game set in China, covering Chinese history from 400 BC to today. From the publishers website: "In this epic game, four players each control several countries simultaneously, with each country having their own objectives and situations, earning points for reaching various objectives, such as conquering certain provinces. The winner is the player who scores the most points at the end of the game. This is a breathtaking game, unfolding on an illustrated map of China and over 400 separate army pieces, covering over 40 separate countries and peoples, all of the major dynasties of Chinese history, the arrival of the European powers, both World Wars and the invasion of the Japanese, right up to the present day situation, with the Communists in Mainland China and the Nationalists in Taiwan. The game occurs over 24 turns, each about 100 years long, starting from 403 BC, during the "Warring States" period as China begins to rise from its feudal age."

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Age
12+
Complexity
2.9/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Tani Chen

Artists

2
Callie Cummins Joe Youst

Publishers

1
Decision Games (I)

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