{"product_id":"struggle-of-empires","title":"Struggle of Empires ‐ Multilingual 2E (2005)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"panel panel-condensed panel-expandable ng-scope ng-isolate-scope expandable full\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-envelope\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-body\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"game-description-body ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ng-binding\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStruggle of Empires\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecreates the various wars fought between the European powers as they attempted to become the dominant force in Europe and the rest of the world during the eighteenth century. Build armies and fleets, make alliances, establish colonies, improve your economy, and ultimately wage war to expand your empire. Be careful, though, as a profligate country can end up being consumed by revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the designer:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThink of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCivilization\/Age of Renaissance\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eset in the 18th century. Players take the role of one of the major powers of the period and fight in both Europe and the colonies. The twist to the game is that in each war, players must form into two alliances. Once allied with a player, you cannot fight each other. This means that you do not have the backstabbing of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDiplomacy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto worry about; if he's allied, he's with you until the end of the war. This means that a player has to think carefully about who he wants to fight against and who he wants to ally with. Very often he will want to ally with his natural enemy and go to war with the guy who doesn't really want to fight him. On top of this, you have lots of improvement tiles that you buy to shape your empire, plus alliances with minor powers, and the possibility of going into revolution. Even though it is a big empire building game, it will scale from 3 to 7 players and has pretty simple rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel panel-top game-awards panel-condensed ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-header panel-header-sm\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"panel-title\"\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-expandable ng-isolate-scope expandable full\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-envelope\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-body\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"list-unstyled ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-scope\"\u003e2005 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"ng-scope\"\u003e2004 Meeples Choice Award Nominee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Eagle-Gryphon Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47611087716501,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4101\/0325\/files\/51D9FF30-7956-46D9-92AC-5742CF982B78.jpg?v=1784673785","url":"https:\/\/tabletopstrategist.com\/products\/struggle-of-empires","provider":"The Tabletop Strategist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}