GMT Games | Space Empires 4X | Board Game | Ages 12+ | 1 to 4 Players | 180 Minutes Playing Time

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You will also have a negative number, which is the cost to keep your fleet Maintained and is equal to your collective Hull Sizes (see below). Purchase Limits: You may not build ships if all group counters of that ship type are already in play (unless you Scuttle ships to reuse the counter). Blue rolls a “2” which scores a hit, and forces Yellow to place a “Damage 1” marker on his Base group.

The game plays swiftly once you learn it , but should still take a minimum of 2 hours , even with just two players. The Home System Marker decks can be shuffled into the White Deep Space marker deck under the Space Markers window so you can play completely random map scenarios.An avid music enthusiast, when he is not pining over the latest board games that are yet-to-be-released, his is probably hard at work making jazzy renditions of classic/retro video game music tunes as Jazz Paladin on Spotify and other digital music services. This is nothing more than a personal preference, but I don’t really like games where each player is off on his own track, even part of the time. If Combat occurs in a System (hex) occupied by Asteroids or Nebulae then all ships are affected and considered Class E no matter what their original Class.

The numerical boost in attacking units would then trigger the award of a Fleet Size Bonus to Blue (for having twice as many combat units in the battle), making Yellow’s defense even more difficult.Some capability to have permanent resource spaces in deep space to “fight” over would be beneficial.