Watch “7 EMPIRES vs. IMPERIAL Board Game Side By Side Comparison Review, Rules Tutorial How To Play (Seven),” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.
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*EPISODE 71: 7 EMPIRES vs. IMPERIAL* is a step outside of my comfort zone for my YouTube content. It is designed to give you a detailed side-by-side compare & contrast of the 2006 classic _Imperial_ vs. it's 2025 re-implementation called _7 Empires_, both from designer Mac Gerdts and publisher Rio Grande Games. While the games share some core concepts, they are actually quite different. My goal is to share the similarities and differences while showing you how they both play, so you can decide which game (if any) is the best fit for you and your group.
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_Disclaimer: Rio Grande Games provided a review copy of 7 Empires for me. However, this video itself is *not* sponsored. I freely chose to make this video for informative and entertainment purposes only. The opinions shared are always my own._
Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
3:34 - Boxes, Complexity, Game Length
6:03 - Setup & Rulebooks
8:37 - Boards & Components
16:30 - Imperial Overview
20:42 - Imperial Actions
28:10 - Imperial Endgame & Side Notes
29:58 - 7E Overview
35:19 - 7E Action Mechanism
39:55 - 7E End of Round
41:45 - 7E Actions
49:11 - 7E Endgame
50:14 - Final Comparison & Review
