
Space Empires is a game in the finest tradition of 4X space games
- e Xplore e Xpand e Xploit & e Xterminate Each player builds up a space empire & uses it to conquer the other players Exploration on the mounted map is simple for players (and dangerous for their ships) revealing different space terrain that affects movement & combat Space Empires was developed to keep a rich theme without overcomplicated rules The game
Includes:: carriers & fighters mines cloaking a very large technology tree fifteen ship classes merchant shipping colonization mining terraforming bases shipyards black holes warp points & non-player aliens Yet the rules are short & intuitive The basic rules are 8 pages long & increase to 11 pages in length when the advanced rules are included