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Imperial Glory
The Imperial Glory period (50-220 CE) was entirely new for Eurasia. For the first time, most of the civilized world was dominated by one of four massive empires that bestrode the earth. This first installment of a three-part game depicts Central Asia and India, where the Kushans had consolidated power and were set to drive south to build their empire. In a deckbuilding system, the player has a deck of advisors including generals, diplomats, architects, agents, and more, each allowing distinct actions. Player can accept the initial draw, or spend influence to push their luck for a card they prefer. In the case of invasion, an elaborate sequence plays out on the Battle Board using a brand new combat system. Features named emperors with historical stats, many army types, unrest, rebellion, civil wars, heresy, pandemic, trade, temples, monuments, aqueducts, roads, and more. Solitaire-only now, with multi-player options to come.
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The First War
An empire-building game. Players must utilize discovered terrain on a 91-tile hex map, four types of pieces and technology cards to their utmost efficiencies. Diceless conflict is entirely deterministic, depending on position and availability of forces, but technology, terrain and reinforcements are determined by varying levels of randomness. In particular, players have some control over which technologies they decide to pursue and some control over the types of reinforcements that appear. For 2.
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Ancient Colonies
Modular board game of ancient Greek exploration, colonization and achievement. Each player controls a different faction with its own special ability and strategy. Players discover the board as they play, making the game different every time. The deck of achievements and diasters includes 81 cards, only some of which are used each time, also providing stark differences from match to match. Players discover the coastline, decide where to settle, how to develop their colonies and if and when to make war on their neighbors. For 2-5.
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