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Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age

Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age 1979

Design Wilf K. Backhaus , Terence Peter Donnelly Art Mike Gilbert (I) Publisher Fantasy Games Unlimited
5.8 /10
BGG rating
#25050
BGG rank
2.3
Weight
2–40
Players
5
Best at
240
Minutes
12
Age
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About the Game

A multi-player† board game that recreates the growth of empires during the Middle Ages throughout the Mediterranean world. Christians and Moslems in conflict among themselves and with each other.

Originally a PBM game; it involves partially hidden movement (you move "armies" and "fleets" of hidden make-up) as well as simultaneous turn plotting. Spy rings are valuable intelligence-gathering units. Areas fought over repeatedly suffer from the warfare and have their economic value depressed --a neat touch which is unfortunately uncommon in wargames.

† In theory, the game can accommodate 40 players, one for each leader and its province.

Filed Under

Categories
Economic Medieval Political Spies / Secret Agents Wargame
Mechanics
Action Queue Area Majority / Influence Area Movement Area-Impulse Dice Rolling Events Paper-and-Pencil Player Judge Secret Unit Deployment Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Set-up
BGG ratings
39 · geek rating 5.51
BGG data
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