Description
Space Empires is a game in the finest tradition of 4X space games – eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
Each player builds up a space empire and uses it to conquer the other players.
Exploration on the mounted map is simple for players (and dangerous for their ships), revealing different space terrain that affects movement and combat.
Space Empires was developed to keep a rich theme without over-complicated rules.
The game includes carriers and fighters, mines, cloaking, a very large technology tree, fifteen ship classes, merchant shipping, colonization, mining, terraforming, bases, shipyards, black holes, warp points, and non-player aliens.
Yet the rules are short and intuitive:
The basic rules are 8 pages long and increase to 11 pages in length when the advanced rules are included.
Solo Review
Files
A selection of files from BoardGameGeek. Links will open in a new window or tab.
Updated Rules
These are shipping with the 2017 reprint.
>> Click to download PDF <<
Space Empires 4X Fully Automated Production Sheet
An excel file which can be used to automatically track your production, ship technology and alien production for the Space Empires 4X base game. Just fill in the spreadsheet just as you would the paper version and it will automatically track your progress. Tech levels and ship technology advancement are select-able via a drop down menu (all drop down menus are in blue font).
>> Click to download XLS <<
Doomsday Machine & Alien Empire Solo Scenario Custom Maps
Custom map for Alien Empire solitaire scenario, prints on a single sheet of 11×17 paper.
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Solo Aliens Tracking/Reference Sheet
Half-page tracking and reference sheet for solo play with the Alien Empires scenario. Print is letter size. Can keep as 2 to a page or cut in half.
Updates: Added “2x” note to Defense CPs header, CP/roll in Economy Rolls header.
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Fifteen Things You Will Want to Know Before Playing Space Empires 4X
There are now 15 things to know. This update inlcudes Jim Krohn’s recent rules change regarding base and ship yard construction at blockaded colonies. It also adds the errata regarding fighter upgrades.
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Space Empires: 4X Condensed Clarifications v1.0
Condensed version, currently three pages, of the key rules errata and clarifications. Distilled from the excellent FAQ by MajorOracle and reviewed by the designer.
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Alien Player AI flowchart (Unofficial)
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Space Empires App
Stand-alone App to run a single Human Player either in Multiplay, or in the Solo games vs Doomsday Machine or Alien Empires
(Windows, Mac, Linux & Android)
>> Click to download ZIP <<