Table feel
Empires has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies. However, the game does not emphasize cooperation as much.
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Empires
In Empires, you represent a colonial European nation that is competing to gain the most support. Support is won by supplying your people with goods; goods are produced when your people work in your territories. You can gain people, territories, goods, and supporters by winning wa...
Players
2-10
Time
30-60
Age
14+
Weight
2.25
Rating
6.78
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Empires has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies. However, the game does not emphasize cooperation as much.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.8
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.2
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Empires offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game scales well with different player counts and has moderate ease of learning. Overall, it provides a solid replayability experience.
Luck profile
Empires has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
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In Empires, you represent a colonial European nation that is competing to gain the most support. Support is won by supplying your people with goods; goods are produced when your people work in your territories. You can gain people, territories, goods, and supporters by winning wars. To win wars, you must pay gold to raise armies, and gold can be earned by winning wars and by selling goods. All turns are taken simultaneously, and there are no restrictions on trading. At any point in the game, you may trade anything: people, territories, goods, gold, player powers, etc. The game takes place over a series of rounds. At the end of the final round, the player with the most support wins.
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Designers
2
David Y. Stephenson
Daniel G. Stephenson
Artists
1
Nate Abell
Publishers
1
WizKids (I)
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