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Designed By	Frank Chadwick John Harshman Marc W. Miller
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Published By	Äventyrsspel Conflict Games GDW (Game Designers Workshop) Hobby Japan Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. Stratelibri
Year Published	1977
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (2 voters) [poll]
Category	Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Point to Point Movement
Primary Name	Imperium
Alternate Names	Empire
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	Description Edit \| History

Imperium is a 2-player game of conflict set in the far future. It simulates the clash between Earth (Terra) and an alien civilization, represented in the form of a widespread Empire (the Ziru Sirka). Both sides have a variety of starships to choose from. Movement takes place via 'jumps' from one star to the next, and conflict is resolved at these 'points'.

Reimplemented as:

Imperium, 3rd Millennium

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Magazine References:

Campaign Article Index:

Number 84, March-April 1978
- War of the Ring / Overlord / Yalu / Imperium / 4000 A.D. / Chivalry & Sorcery - "Thumbnail Analysis" (Review), Don Lowry

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GDW - IMPERIUM space empires in conflict - NEW (1979)

5d 15h 4m

$ 99.99

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0	Variants has anyone ever bothered terraforming?	2009-06-29	gurubob	1
1	News Available for download now!	2009-05-20	Wulf Corbett	1
0	General how many versions of imperium were published?	2009-05-13	gurubob	3
0	Rules Imperium (GDW) Rules summary posted	2008-01-15	kentreuber	4
1	Rules Many questions after first play...	2007-05-18	Intrepid	2
0	General Missing Page	2007-05-11	ahickey	1
0	Variants Maintenance Rules	2007-03-14	AnimalMother	2
13	Reviews Empires in Conflict, Worlds in the Balance	2007-01-27	gilesclone	3
1	General Differences between Conflict and GDW versions (NOT I3M!)	2006-06-14	gilesclone	2
0	News Multiplayer PBeM game starting	2005-05-12	hcobb	0

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
Fifth Frontier War	Dark Nebula

Standard Recommendations
Imperium, 3rd Millennium	Brilliant Lances	Striker	Azhanti High Lightning

Weak Recommendations
StarForce 'Alpha Centauri': Interstellar Conflict in the 25th Century	Stellar Conquest	Bloodtree Rebellion	Invasion: Earth
Victory at Midway	2nd Fleet	Battle Rider	Snapshot
Jutland	Freedom in the Galaxy	Operation Market Garden	Triplanetary
Star Cruiser	Striker II	Samurai	G.E.V.

Very Weak Recommendations
War At Sea	Star Fleet Battles	Panzer Leader	Kingmaker
Starship Troopers	Ogre	Conquistador	Victory in the Pacific

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short&stupid rules, (imperial/senate cards, but nothing too fancy)

A bit more modified version, combined from the variants seen here and elsewhere. The imperial/senate cards mentioned in the text. The idea for the cards is not mine but someone elses, first mention I have seen was by user gilesclone on some geeklist. See comments

storvik

2008-04-14

Imperium play summary

A two page summary. One side with movement and glory, the other with combat and actions during turns of peace.

kentreuber

2008-01-15

Imperium.zip

Cyberboard Gamebox for Imperium by GDW

takaholic_1

2004-02-08

Imperium Charts.doc

Charts and Tables for Imperium Variant

Nusku

2003-06-15

Imperium.doc

Variant Rules for Imperium

Nusku

2003-06-15

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Crosslink to Dark Nebula - which uses same base game engine.	http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2388	2004-07-09
Avalanche Press rework of Imperium.	http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2106	2005-03-31
ADC2 Imperium Module w/rules in 4 parts	http://67.155.107.229/Game_Sets/GDW/gdw.htm	2006-08-13

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