2023Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi
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1 - 4 players90 - 240 minVery heavy weight

2021Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi
Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Imperium: Classics is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 49 reviews, 27 how-to-play guides, 50 recorded sessions, 17 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In your hands lies the destiny of one of history's great civilizations. Under constant threat of attack, you must conquer new lands, oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances, and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly, and unrest will bring your civilization to its knees; build up too slowly, however, and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of eight radically asymmetric civilizations, you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen. Imperium: Classics is a standalone game that contains the Carthaginian, Celt, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Roman, Scythian, and Viking civilizations and an individual solo opponent behaving as each nation. It uses the same rules and is fully compatible with Imperium: Legends for players wanting to expand their pool of civilizations even further. The game is played in a series of rounds. Each round starts with the player to the left of the solstice card taking their turn and then turn order proceeds clockwise. On each turn, players will activate, innovate, or revolt. Once you have finished resolving your action, you will clean up. After you have cleaned up, the player to your left takes their turn. If the solstice card is between you and the player to your left, the round ends. Play continues until either scoring or collapse is triggered, which ends the game. The player with the most victory points wins. -description from the publisher
Imperium: Classics has 146 videos from 91 creators: 49 reviews, 27 how-to-play guides, 50 playthroughs, 17 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2021 to July 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Imperium: Classics - Solo Tutorial & Playthrough" by Gaming Rules!, which runs 1 h 51 min. For a quicker teach, "Game in a Nutshell - Imperium Classics SOLO (how to play)" by Nithrania - Game in a Nutshell runs 13 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Imperium: Classics & Legends - Why Own It?" by ThinkerThemer. 42 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "One Stop | Solo Playthrough | Vikings vs. Romans" by One Stop Co-op Shop, one of 50 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Voidfall, Nucleum, Star Trek: Captain's Chair and Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 1 & 2, also by Dávid Turczi. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2021.
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2023Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi
1 - 4 players90 - 240 minVery heavy weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
In your hands lies the destiny of one of history's great civilizations. Under constant threat of attack, you must conquer new lands, oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances, and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly, and unrest will bring your civilization to its knees; build up too slowly, however, and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of eight radically asymmetric civilizations, you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen. Imperium: Classics is a standalone game that contains the Carthaginian, Celt, Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Roman, Scythian, and Viking civilizations and an individual solo opponent behaving as each nation. It uses the same rules and is fully compatible with Imperium: Legends for players wanting to expand their pool of civilizations even further. The game is played in a series of rounds. Each round starts with the player to the left of the solstice card taking their turn and then turn order proceeds clockwise. On each turn, players will activate, innovate, or revolt. Once you have finished resolving your action, you will clean up. After you have cleaned up, the player to your left takes their turn. If the solstice card is between you and the player to your left, the round ends. Play continues until either scoring or collapse is triggered, which ends the game. The player with the most victory points wins. -description from the publisher
Designers
Nigel Buckle, Dávid Turczi
Artist
Mihajlo Dimitrievski
Publisher
Osprey Games
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