Mega Empires: The East

What is Mega Empires: The East

Mega Empires: The East is an empire-building strategy board game for 3-9 players that covers the development of empires through history, from the Stone Age to the Late Iron Age, on a map board that stretches from Northeast Africa to Southwest Asia. In this colossal game, players lead their historic empire as they gain victory points by expanding their population, building cities, trading and developing their knowledge and culture. Notwithstanding its large scope, the game's core mechanics are straightforward and easy to learn. A key element in the game is player interaction as they position themselves on the map board and search for valuable commodities during interactive trading sessions.

Gameplay

Each player starts their empire in the Stone Age with a single population token on the board. As the game progresses, population will expand, spread over the board, fight some border conflicts and build cities. Cities bring resources and wealth, expressed in trade cards. The more cities players manage to build on the board, the more trade cards they receive. Trade cards are mainly valuable commodities, but sometimes turn out to be disastrous calamities.

Trade

Game details

Players

3–9

Age

+12

Duration

780 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Board game

Year

2021

Mechanics

Advantage Token · Area Majority / Influence · Area Movement

Categories

Ancient · Bluffing · City Building

Designer

Flo de Haan · John Rodriguez · Gerart de Haan

Publisher

999 Games · Ares Games · Colossus Games