Empire is light civilization-building game, played using 4 shared decks of cards. In that respect, it bears some similarity to games such as San Juan or Race for the Galaxy, but with added combat and resource-development elements reminiscent of Magic: the Gathering. The game, the first offering by fledgling publisher Gurushar Games, provides 2 to 4 players...
At the turn of the century, build your industrial empire by constructing factories, hiring workers, producing goods and selling them for a profit. How rich will you be when you retire? Create a manufacturing empire in 30 years (15 turns) by building factories, producing Capital, Materials, Commodities, and Goods, and earn as much Profit as you can. Needed...
EMPIRE is a fast-paced and exciting hand-management game, and 2-4 players can have a blast in about 20 minutes. (If you only play one game. You'll probably want to play again!) Use action cards (Acquire, Release, and Vanquish) to manage your hand and assemble the assets of your EMPIRE (a Hero, a Ship, a Fleet, a Planet, a System, and a Galaxy) while...
In an age of exploration, rival nations battle for dominance. Discover new lands. Amass great wealth. Gather support. Above all, ensure imperial stability in a time of chaos. Empire is a board game of strategy, commerce, diplomacy, and power. Two to six players play as 18th century colonial nations competing to inspire the support of their people by...
Heavy-duty strategic SF wargame; doesn't have a lot of components (it can fit inside a large Ziploc style bag), but is still extremely involved. Four empires -- Antares, Crate Armada, Chroma Raphael, and Star Concord -- engage in a major interstellar war. Game rules cover space and ground combat, exploration of new systems, economic development, ship and...
A complex set of miniatures rules for playing large-scale Napoleonic battles. Revised edition of Empire (Third Edition) According to the designers: "The majority of the changes have been applied to the tactical portion of the rules. Many more of the movements, particularly those that concern tactical reactions to enemy moves and movements of less-reliable...
As the guns of August were heard firing across Europe, the German Kaiserliche Marine began commerce raiding in the Pacific, targeting British shipping and colonial holdings to reduce their economic ability to fight on the continent. The Empire of Japan, eager to emerge as a global power and seeing an opportunity to expand at the expense of Germany's Asian...
Epic Railroad Building in North America Discover a modern North American classic. Celebrate one of our most vital and enduring passions: railroads. Use your initial investment to build track. Then pick up commodities where they are grown, mined, or manufactured and deliver them to a lucrative place of demand. Complete a delivery and make the money you need...
The Mexican Rails kit was originally conceived as an expansion to Empire Builder and available directly from Mayfair. It includes some new cards, tokens, and a map of Mexico that could be aligned with the Empire Builder board, but all the components were black & white copies packed in a 9×12 envelope with a Mexican Rails sticker on it. Rather than upgrade...
Empire Builder is a classic crayon-rail game by Mayfair, with many followups now available. The core idea of Empire Builder is that players to draw their train routes over a map of the United States. Players start with enough money to build short lengths of track, and by running their trains and delivering loads to various cities acquire more cash to...
Explore the continent of South America, from the deepest parts of the Amazon Rain Forest, to the alpine peaks of the Andes, and the resource rich southern tip. This game is based on the popular Crayon Rails system. Players receive three demand cards which each have three possible deliveries. To complete a delivery a player must connect the demanding city...