1979 BGG rank #24729

Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age

2–40 players 240 min Ages 12+ 2.3/5 complexity 5.5/10 rating

About this game

A multi-player&dagger; 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. &dagger; In theory, the game can accommodate 40 players, one for each leader and its province.

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Variable Set-up Events Dice Rolling Area Majority / Influence Simultaneous Action Selection Area Movement Action Queue Paper-and-Pencil Secret Unit Deployment Player Judge Area-Impulse Economic Medieval Wargame Political Spies / Secret Agents

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