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Middle Sea: Empires Of The Feudal Age

Players

2-40

Time

?-?

Age

12+

Weight

2.33

Rating

5.71

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Frequent attention to other players' actions is required, but less emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age has a high replayability score, offering a great degree of variability in each playthrough, deep strategic possibilities, and a consistent and engaging experience for different player counts.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age is 7, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and 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.

Overview

A multi-player† board game that recreates the growth of empires during the Middle Ages throughout the Mediterranean world. Christians and Moslems in conflict among themselves and with each other. Originally a PBM game; it involves partially hidden movement (you move "armies" and "fleets" of hidden make-up) as well as simultaneous turn plotting. Spy rings are valuable intelligence-gathering units. Areas fought over repeatedly suffer from the warfare and have their economic value depressed --a neat touch which is unfortunately uncommon in wargames. † In theory, the game can accommodate 40 players, one for each leader and its province.

Category

5
Economic Medieval Political Spies/Secret Agents Wargame

Mechanism

5
Action Queue Area Majority / Influence Area Movement Area-Impulse Dice Rolling

Family

2
Components: Map (Continental / National scale) Region: Mediterranean Sea

Type

1
Wargames

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Credits

Designers

2
Wilf K. Backhaus Terence Peter Donnelly

Artists

1
Mike Gilbert (I)

Publishers

1
Fantasy Games Unlimited

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