Gmt Games Space Empires 4X 3Rd Printing
From The Manufacturerspace Empires Is A Game In The Finest Tradition Of 4X Space Games Explore Expand Exploit And Exterminate Make No Mistake All Four Xs Are Included In This Game This Is A Wargame Where The Purpose Of Building Your Empire Is Not To Feel Good About Your Achievement But To Destroy Your Enemies And Burn Their Colonies One Difficulty In Games Of This Genre Is That They Are Often Either Overly Simplistic Or Tediously Detailed Space Empires Has Been Almost 20 Years In The Making And During That Time Many Elegant Solutions Have Been Developed To Keep The Theme Rich Without A Lot Of Rules The Game Includes Carriers And Fighters Mines Cloaking A Very Large Technology Tree Fifteen Ship Classes From Scout To Dreadnaught Merchant Shipping Colonization Mining Terraforming Bases Shipyards Black Holes Warp Points And Nonplayer Aliens Yet The Rules Are Short And Intuitive And The Game Can Be Finished On One Sitting This Is Not A Game That Is Hard To Get Into The Playtest Rules Are Only 8 Pages Long For The Basic Game And Increase To 11 Pages In Length When The Advanced Rules Are Included Exploration Is Easy Well Easy For You It Is Actually Dangerous For Your Ships And Fun And Reveals Different Terrain Such As Asteroids And Nebulas Which Affect Your Movement And Your Combat The Map Is MountedFeatures of Gmt Games Space Empires 4X 3Rd Printing
Takes About 2 Hours To Play | Lots Of Replay Value | For 1 To 4 Players
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