With the fall of Napoleon the British East India Company plied its trade unchecked from the Cape of Good Hope to the markets of Hong Kong India stood at the center of this sprawling imperial network & the currents of empire ran through its ports tying the Far East with European markets & awarding the British virtual control of the vast wealth of the subcontinent However the "crown jewel" of the empire was far from secure Across the forests of Siberia & the steppes of Asia the Russian Empire advanced at a rate exceeding even the pace of America&s western pioneers This expansionism by the world’s largest nation loomed over British holdings in India casting a longer shadow each year In the buffer region of central Asia surveyors adventurers industrialists & government agents crossed paths all seeking to manipulate the byzantine local politics There in the shadow of the Pamir Mountains the stage was set for a game that would define the limits of global power in the 19th century & the present day In Pax Pamir two to five players assume the role of Afghan tribal leaders navigating the winds of colonial power in " The Great Game" If either the Russian British Empire or Afghan is able to achieve supremacy the player with the most influence in that empire wins