Digital Board games enter this new lunar year of the pig (the most majestic of animals) properly discounted! What better time to grab a new digital board game (and yes, we assume that you obviously already love one of the ones you have), than the beginning of the year of the pig? Ye, no better way, and please don't question the logic. Steam: Rails to Riches and Eight-Minute Empire will be over 50% cheaper if purchased in bundles! Istanbul: Digital Edition will be discounted by 30%, SRtR and 8ME 40% by themselves, and that includes DLCs. Go grab one now!

[ 2019-02-04 19:33:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

The official version of the board game - Eight-Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat.

AWARDS & HONORS

2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game Nominee
2014 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee
2014 Hra roku Nominee


Build an empire in around eight minutes!

• Recruit troops to strengthen your army
  
• Command your forces to acquire new provinces
  
• Challenge your friends all over the world
  
• Sail across the seas & build castles to expand your empire
  
• Eliminate enemy troops to weaken your adversaries
  
• Collect goods to increase your advantage

Eight-Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat, is a quick Civilization/Exploration game using card-driven area control.

In Eight-Minute Empire, 2-5 players take turns selecting a card from the six displayed. This card gives the player a resource, and also has an action which the player takes immediately. Actions help players take over the map, but the resources are worth points at the end of the game, so players have to balance the two aspects. Players spread across the map in order to collect points at the end of the game by having majority control in regions and continents.

Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes.

Features

- official Eight-Minute Empire game
- great artwork
- ingame interactive tutorial
- languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Traditional and Simplified, Russian
- optimized for PC, smartphones and tablets
- play with AI, with friends or both
- pass and play mode
- online multiplayer with synchronous and asynchronous modes
- opponents' last moves replay
- 3 levels of difficulty AIs with individual strategies
- 4 different maps
- climate sounds and music
- official rules plus extra additions
- unique, original board game feel on your electronic device
- colorblind mode
- over 70 achievements