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Information

Designed By: Mac Gerdts
Published By: Rio Grande Games
Eggert-Spiele
PD-Games
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 6 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(92 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 120 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 12 and up
User Suggested Ages: 12 and up
(10 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(21 voters) [poll]
Category: Economic
Mechanics: Area Movement
Commodity Speculation
Other Names: N/A

Description

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Europe in the age of imperialism. Internationally operating financial investors aim for the highest political influence in Europe. Great Britain, German Reich, Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Italy, and Republic of France are each controlled by different investors. The six imperial nations build factories, troops and fleets to expand their power in Europe. They collect taxes from occupied regions to pay interests to their investors. As financial control over the imperial nations changes, there are always new strategic alliances and conflicts emerging between them.

The players represent internationally operating investors who stay in the background. There are always six imperial nations acting in the game, no matter how many investors take part. Only the investor who gets the best return on his investments, who controls the most powerful imperial nations, and who shows the best diplomatic skill, may win the game!

Imperial is a challenging strategy game without any luck of cards or dice. Players take over the role of internationally operating financial investors and control European diplomacy in imperial times.

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1 Imperial Score Calculator
Imperial_Score_Sheet.zip
2 files: Excel file to calculate final points. Pdf file to print (cut in half) and fill out. Based on Imperial - Integrated Scoresheet.pdf sent by Eddy Bee. Thx, Victor
5 Imperial: Storage Solution v1.0 - Box insert plans for Eggertspiele edition
imperialboxinsert_v1.0.pdf
Full plans with dimensions and instructions to create a box insert for the Eggertspiele edition of Imperial, providing a better storage solution than the 'standard' box. Five-page .pdf file, with full directions and photographs of finished insert.
0 Stock fux varient
imperial.xls
A variant that allows the credit rating of a nation to be lowered when bad things happen to that nation. (V1.0)
2 Imperial - Tradução para o Português
Imperial_Tradução beta.doc
As regras do Imperial traduzidas para o português - Versão Beta.
8 Imperial -- A Detailed Summary
Imperial Summary v1.1.pdf
One page, 10pt font I'll be teaching the game this weekend to quite a crowd and found the existing summaries to be too summarized. It was also a good review for me.
26 Imperial - Asia Expansion Map and Rules
ImperialAsia.zip
Asia expansion map for Imperial version 1.0. This expansion is made available to the BGG community with the express authorization of Mac Gerdts, designer of Imperial. Thanks also to Peter Hawes who gave me permission to use his Colonial Diplomacy Map as a starting point for this map. [ImageID=288357] (Preview of the map)
1 Imperial magyar
Imperial_hun.pdf
Hungarian rules for Imperial
2 get-into.pdf
get-into.pdf
Get into the game
1 Imperial_Cz.pdf
Imperial_Cz.pdf
Czech rules
5 Imperial - Integrated Scoresheet.pdf
Imperial - Integrated Scoresheet.pdf
Single integrated scoresheet for any number of players