{"product_id":"space-empires-4x","title":"Space Empires 4x","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpace Empires is a game in the finest tradition of 4X space games - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach player builds a space empire and uses it to conquer the other players. Exploration on the mounted map is easy for players (and dangerous for their ships) and reveals various space terrains that affect movement and combat.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe game includes carriers and fighters, miners, cloaking, a very large technology tree, fifteen ship classes, trade ships, colonization, mining, terraforming, bases, shipyards, black holes, warp points, and NPC aliens. Yet, the rules are short and intuitive: The basic rules are 8 pages long and increase to 11 pages when the advanced rules are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe game is identical to the 3rd printing, except that all known errors have been corrected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow to play Space Empires 4x:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first round of the game, players roll a die to determine who the\u003cbr\u003efirst player is, and the player order continues clockwise. After the first turn, the player order is determined by bidding in the economic phase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou have the following options on your turn:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMove\u003c\/strong\u003e, you may move your piece to an adjacent system, how much you may move is determined by your Movement Technology Level.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCombat\u003c\/strong\u003e, if two different players' ships are in the same system, a battle starts between them in the Combat phase.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eExploration\u003c\/strong\u003e, if you land on an undiscovered system (face down), you must explore it in the Exploration phase. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of every third round, \u003cem\u003ethe Economic phase starts. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis phase consists of a series of tasks that players must perform both secretly and simultaneously:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollect colony income\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollect mineral income\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollect only MS Pipeline income \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeduct maintenance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBid to determine player order \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePurchase units and technology\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlace purchased units on allowed colonies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdjust colony counters to reflect growth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the Economic phase, the turn marker is reset to 1, and this continues until a player has won. You win by eliminating the other players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpace Empires 4x includes:\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e1 Game Board\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 Counter sheets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlayer Aid Sheets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 2-sided Player Reference cards\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e16-sided rulebook\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e16-sided Play Book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4 D10s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3viGSQVgNPo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54546474402118,"sku":"817054010066","price":614.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0853\/3966\/8806\/files\/9fd652bb-c77f-4904-8b5a-952b5577ca15_b84497e0-64c3-422b-9bda-615ac9ae051e.jpg?v=1772766219","url":"https:\/\/cardcollective.eu\/products\/space-empires-4x","provider":"Card Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}