Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Europa Universalis is a monster wargame of diplomacy, territorial expansion, trade, military technology, economic development, and war where you play the part of kings as you relive 300 years of world history (1492-1792).
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Movement Points
Spend a movement allowance across spaces with different costs.
Scenario Campaign
Play linked or standalone scenarios with their own setup, objectives, and consequences.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Read the full game description
Europa Universalis is a monster wargame of diplomacy, territorial expansion, trade, military technology, economic development, and war where you play the part of kings as you relive 300 years of world history (1492-1792). The grand campaign game can keep 6 players occupied for a long, long time, but one of the beauties of this wargame is that you can play a shorter campaign game or a mini campaign that requires fewer player and less space and time and you can even re-fight one of 20 battle scenarios, or play a solitaire scenario. The game includes: 2 color maps (Europe & Rest of the World), 80cm x 60cm each 1412 counters (armies, fleets, leaders, detachments, colonies, trading posts, etc) - Countersheets #1 to #6 1 rulebook (72 pages) 1 scenarios book (52 pages) 1 annexes book (48 pages) 6 player's aids & record sheets 2 ten-sided dice 43 scenarios Solitaire scenarios: Cortes & Magellan - 1520-1614 Da Gama & Albuquerque - 1495-1559 Coen & Heyn - 1590-1664 Yermak - 1560-1664 Washington - 1775-1784 Battle scenarios: The Battle of the Boyne - 1690 The Battle of Lepanto - 1571 The Battle of Mohacs - 1526 The French & Spanish Campaigns in Italy - 1525 The Campaign of Zenta - 1697 Turenne's Franche-Comte & Alsace Campaigns - 1674 The Turkish Siege of Vienna - 1683 The Struggle for Azow - 1689 The Anglo-Dutch War - 1666-1667 The English Civil War - 1642-1653 The War of the Spanish Succession - 1702-1713 The Thirty Years War - 1618-1648 The Seven Years War - 1756-1763 The War of the League of Augsburg - 1688-1697 The War of the Austrian Succession - 1744-1748 The Great Northern War - 1700-1721 The Wars of Religion in France - 1562-1598 The Russo-Turkish War - 1770-1792 The Veneto-Turkish War - 1640-1667 The Campaigns of the Sun King - 1687-1699 Campaign scenarios: 1492-1519 1520-1559 1560-1614 1615-1664 1665-1699 1700-1759 1740-1792 Grand Campaign 1492-1792