Space Empires 4X

Space Empires 4X

Bluffing, Civilization, Exploration

by Jim Krohn

Score

6.9

Ratings

4,347

Published

2011

Players

1–4 players

BGG community rating

Ranked #634 on BoardGameGeek

Complexity

3.4

Medium

Best with

2

players

Play time

60–240 min

Age

14+

Information

Players

1–4 players

Best with

2 players

Play time

60–240 min

Age

14+

Complexity

3.4 / 5 · Medium

BGG Rank

#634

Published

2011

Designer

Jim Krohn

Artists

Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Publishers

GMT Games, Banana Games

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About

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.

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Categories & mechanics

BluffingCivilizationExplorationScience FictionSpace ExplorationWargameAuction / BiddingDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridIncomeMovement PointsPaper-and-PencilSecret Unit DeploymentSimulationSolo / Solitaire GameTech Trees / Tech TracksVariable Set-up

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