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2004 Ranked #10,373

Sword And Sail

An empire-building game has players use action cards to place armies and navies across regions. Controlling every region of an empire wins, so land and sea expansion must support one another.

Wargames Ancient Civilization Area Majority / Influence Area Movement

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.85/5

Rating

6.73

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 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Downloadable free games: Big Little games is now a subsidiary of JasterMedia.com Game Background It's the dawn of a new era, new lands are waiting to be explored... armies are growing in power by constructing ships...

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Downloadable free games: Big Little games is now a subsidiary of JasterMedia.com Game Background It's the dawn of a new era, new lands are waiting to be explored... armies are growing in power by constructing ships... small tribes are now becoming empires. Who will be the first to succeed where someday others will follow? The object of the game is to be the first to control an entire empire by having your armies or navies (the small tokens) on every region of an empire. Armies and navies are placed on the game board by playing action cards. Beautiful full color map and components are ready to download. Donations are accepted.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Big Little Games

Publishers

2
(Web published) Andrew Jaster Multimedia Design

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