Enlightenment Empires: Power and Politics in Eastern Europe, 1725-1795

Enlightenment Empires is an approachable 2-5 player strategy game about conflicts between the states of Central and Eastern Europe region during the Enlightenment era, a transformative period of political upheaval, large-scale warfare, and constant struggles for power. Players will have to develop their economy, decide their internal policies on the ideas of individual liberty and effective governance, secure trade deals and financial assistance within the context of the global rivalry between Britain and France, and finally build armies to become the dominant power of Central and Eastern Europe. Russia, Poland-Lithuania, Prussia, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire will fight for hegemony, using variable victory conditions that reflect their respective historical objectives. Building on the solid foundation provided by Baltic Empires, highlights of Enlightenment Empires include: Five new asymmetric factions with unique abilities and objectives, including a new “Constitution” objective reflecting the pinnacle of Enlightenment political ideals. Another highly thematic deck of historical Dramatis Personae to constitute your royal court, now also including random events that can disrupt players’ plans…or present them with new opportunities. A simplified, yet still deep and political, economic system that forces players to make tough decisions regarding their state’s internal policies (serfdom, noble privileges, and military spending) and its diplomatic relations to the superpowers of the period, England and France. The same streamlined battle system based on custom dice per unit type, now modified by military reforms. More detailed minor powers that players may form alliances with. Variable player counts (from 2 to 5 players), with scenarios ranging from a tight duel to a tense multiplayer conflict replete with alliances and betrayals. Components 1 mounted mapboard 4 full-color countersheets 100 tarot-sized playing cards 103 wooden pieces 9 custom 6-sided dice 6 player mats 5 player aids 1 Rulebook 1 Playbook A 3” box —description from the publisher