Struggle of Empires

 

Simulation of the military, economic and political rivalries of the major European powers in the 18th century. The game consists of three major periods, called wars. Alliances are reformed at the start of each new war, a war consists of five or six rounds. In each round a player may perform two actions. Actions are buy a tile, build one unit, move two units, make one attack, colonize or enslave or pass. At the end of each war victory points are scored according to the relative number of control tokens in each area. Money is essential and can always be obtained at the cost of increasing unrest among the people.

 

Historical simulation of 18th century politics * 2-7 players from age 13 * Designer: Martin Wallace * Graphic: Peter Dennis * 1014, Warfrog, England/Germany, 2004 *** Warfrog * www.warfrog.cp.uk * warfroggames@hotmail.com