2013Jim Krohn
- Videos
- 19
- Creators
- 13
2 players90 minMedium weight

2011Jim Krohn
Mainly playthroughs and how-to-play. Space Empires 4X is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 33 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 9 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Space Empires 4X is a Science-Fiction Strategic level board-wargame in the finest tradition of 4X space games - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate. Each player builds up a space empire and 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 and combat. Space Empires was developed to keep a rich theme without overcomplicated rules. The game includes carriers and fighters, mines, cloaking, a very large technology tree, fifteen ship classes, merchant shipping, colonization, mining, terraforming, bases, shipyards, black holes, warp points, and non-player aliens. Yet the rules are short and intuitive: The basic rules are 8 pages long and increase to 11 pages in length when the advanced rules are included.
Space Empires 4X has 83 videos from 37 creators: 14 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 33 playthroughs, 8 unboxings and 9 other videos. They date from 2011 to March 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Crash Course Space Empires 4x Learn it in 12 minutes" by chrono280, which runs 13 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Electronic Eremite Reviews Space Empires 4X" by CythUulu. 13 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Space Empires Time Lapse" by Bruce Diamond, one of 33 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer, Band of Brothers: Stalin's Favorite, Space Empires: All Good Things and Band of Brothers: Old Breed South Pacific, also by Jim Krohn.
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2013Jim Krohn
2 players90 minMedium weight
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1 - 2 players90 minMedium weight
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1 - 6 players180 minHeavy weight
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2 players90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Space Empires 4X is a Science-Fiction Strategic level board-wargame in the finest tradition of 4X space games - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate. Each player builds up a space empire and 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 and combat. Space Empires was developed to keep a rich theme without overcomplicated rules. The game includes carriers and fighters, mines, cloaking, a very large technology tree, fifteen ship classes, merchant shipping, colonization, mining, terraforming, bases, shipyards, black holes, warp points, and non-player aliens. Yet the rules are short and intuitive: The basic rules are 8 pages long and increase to 11 pages in length when the advanced rules are included.
Designer
Jim Krohn
Artists
Rodger B. MacGowan, Eric Williams (I)
Publisher
GMT Games
Categories
Mechanics