Empires of the Ancient World

Empires of the Ancient World

Martin Wallace (2000)

5.7
BGG Rating 554 votes
3-5 players Best: 5 120-180 min 12+
Complexity Medium — 3.0/5
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Going back to the age of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, you control the destiny of your empire--building armies, annexing neutral provinces, trading across the Mediterranean, and fighting battles. The heart of the game is its innovative card combat system. The full-color cards allow the use of pikes, swords, war bands, elephants, heavy cavalry, foot skirmishers, light horse, siege towers, artillery, and galleys. Special cards allow you to develop better military leaders, diplomats, traders, and engineers. However, winning the game is not just about having the largest empire. The player with the largest army will also lose the most victory points, so he had better use his forces well. If warfare is not to your taste then you can trade your way to victory, by having the largest trading empire.

Publisher Warfrog Games Artist Peter Dennis
Recommended: 4-5 players Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet

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5.7

Weighted Avg

554

Ratings

897

Owned

142

Wishlisted

Std Dev: 1.40 Wanting: 66 Trading: 58 Strategy Rank: #2171
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