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Empire

Empire

2022·Todd Sanders

1 players
15 - 30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

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 to Play: 9 Game Cards 7d6 to track workers (Worker Dice) 1d6 to track The Market (Market Die) 1d6 to track Managers (Managers Die) 9 eurocubes (8mm suggested) as tracking markers Phases of a turn Each turn consists of three phases: Set the Market Take Your Actions Upkeep/Record Time Passed Phase 1. Set the Market Roll the Market die and place it next to the Market. Reference the Market die's face against the Resource numbers listed in its matching row. This row shows the amounts you will gain in Capital or Profit for each resource unit sold during this turn in Phase 2. Phase 2. Take Your Actions You may now take up to 4 actions in the game, once each, in the order listed below, though you may skip any action in the series (ex. - A, (skip B), C, D): Sell Resources and/or Capital for Profit; Hire and/or Move Workers; Build a Building/Events; Produce Resources and/or Capital. Phase 3. Upkeep/Record Time Passed Overstaffing a building can lead to additional costs and to buildings requiring upkeep. On years 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 you must pay rising labor costs for any workers represented by a Worker die whose value exceeds the Staffing Requirement die icon for that building (do not count the Central Factory during this phase). For each building with more workers than the staffing requirement (as shown by the die icon) pay Capital equal to 1/2 of the value on the current Market die (rounded down). If you are unable to pay this amount, the Worker die is rotated to 1 and the building must be restaffed. On years 8, 18, and 24 you must pay for Building Upkeep and Maintenance (do not count the Central Factory during this phase). For each building built, pay a cost of any two Resources shown for the original building cost. You may choose which two of these you pay; then reduce the value on a matching Resource track among any one of your buildings. For each unit of the Resource cost you cannot pay, subtract 1 Profit unit. At the end of each turn, move the marker on the Years in Business track forward one space. The game ends after your 30th year. -description from the publisher

Empire

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Learn to play

Empire - Teach and Playthrough (Nano 9 Series 1) | 37 | Small Box, Big Game1:26:52

Empire - Teach and Playthrough (Nano 9 Series 1) | 37 | Small Box, Big Game

CulBlu Vlogs

CulBlu Vlogs

Review

Empire - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa19:21

Empire - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa

No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa

No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa

Watch it played

Empire: Play-through: Economic Board Games38:46

Empire: Play-through: Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Which Empire video should I watch?

Empire has 4 videos from 3 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to September 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Empire - Teach and Playthrough (Nano 9 Series 1) | 37 | Small Box, Big Game" by CulBlu Vlogs, which runs 1 h 27 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Empire - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa" by No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa. To see it played, watch "Empire: Play-through: Economic Board Games" by Economic Board Games.

If you like it, try Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden, City Planner, Journey in the Underworld and The Maiden in the Forest, also by Todd Sanders.

All videos

Empire - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffaReview19:21

Empire - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa

No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa

No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa

Empire: Play-through: Economic Board GamesPlaythrough38:46

Empire: Play-through: Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Empire - Review (Nano 9 Series 1) | 38 | Small Box, Big GameReview10:03

Empire - Review (Nano 9 Series 1) | 38 | Small Box, Big Game

CulBlu Vlogs

CulBlu Vlogs

Empire - Teach and Playthrough (Nano 9 Series 1) | 37 | Small Box, Big GameHow to play1:26:52

Empire - Teach and Playthrough (Nano 9 Series 1) | 37 | Small Box, Big Game

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CulBlu Vlogs

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About Empire

From BoardGameGeek:

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 to Play: 9 Game Cards 7d6 to track workers (Worker Dice) 1d6 to track The Market (Market Die) 1d6 to track Managers (Managers Die) 9 eurocubes (8mm suggested) as tracking markers Phases of a turn Each turn consists of three phases: Set the Market Take Your Actions Upkeep/Record Time Passed Phase 1. Set the Market Roll the Market die and place it next to the Market. Reference the Market die's face against the Resource numbers listed in its matching row. This row shows the amounts you will gain in Capital or Profit for each resource unit sold during this turn in Phase 2. Phase 2. Take Your Actions You may now take up to 4 actions in the game, once each, in the order listed below, though you may skip any action in the series (ex. - A, (skip B), C, D): Sell Resources and/or Capital for Profit; Hire and/or Move Workers; Build a Building/Events; Produce Resources and/or Capital. Phase 3. Upkeep/Record Time Passed Overstaffing a building can lead to additional costs and to buildings requiring upkeep. On years 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 you must pay rising labor costs for any workers represented by a Worker die whose value exceeds the Staffing Requirement die icon for that building (do not count the Central Factory during this phase). For each building with more workers than the staffing requirement (as shown by the die icon) pay Capital equal to 1/2 of the value on the current Market die (rounded down). If you are unable to pay this amount, the Worker die is rotated to 1 and the building must be restaffed. On years 8, 18, and 24 you must pay for Building Upkeep and Maintenance (do not count the Central Factory during this phase). For each building built, pay a cost of any two Resources shown for the original building cost. You may choose which two of these you pay; then reduce the value on a matching Resource track among any one of your buildings. For each unit of the Resource cost you cannot pay, subtract 1 Profit unit. At the end of each turn, move the marker on the Years in Business track forward one space. The game ends after your 30th year. -description from the publisher

Designer

Todd Sanders

Artist

Todd Sanders

Publisher

AVStudioGames

Categories

EconomicIndustry / ManufacturingTerritory Building

Mechanics

Dice RollingNetwork and Route BuildingDrafting
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