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The art for the box.
Wormhole and Black Hole tiles.
A setup variation using Wormholes.
Some of the tiles from the game.
Base game + Expansions being played
2 copies are used to make an epic board!
A basic board setup.
The kids enjoying the game.
The box with the components.
Board with the prototype plastic components.

Star Empires (2016)

Players
2–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
10–30 min
Age
13+
7.08
Average rating
737
Ratings
2.06/5
Weight
#4403
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Small Star Empires
Designer:Milan Tasevski
Artist:Jose David Lanza Cebrian, Milan Tasevski
Publisher:Archona Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 4.1, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity4.1
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Science FictionTerritory BuildingSpace ExplorationModular BoardHexagon GridEnclosureArea Majority / InfluenceGrid Movement

Overview

Star Empires is a quick area control game for 1-6 players. In this game, players colonize the galaxy using their ships, which they move on a modular board containing hexagonal spaces (systems). The modular board is made up of seven different double-sided sector tiles, which allows for a different map and different experience each time you play the game.

During a turn, a player must move one of their ships on the board. They can move the ship only in a straight line, as far away as they want, but they cannot go over systems controlled by other players. After moving the ship, the player has to choose whether to place a colony or a trade station in that system. Both of these mark control over the system until the end of the game, but the trade station gives the player bonus points for each adjacent system controlled by their opponents. The game ends when either all of the players have placed their colonies and trade stations on the board or until none of the players' ships can move (because they have become blocked by other players' systems).

After the game ends, points are calculated. Each player gets one point for each planet that they have in their systems. (Systems have 1 to 3 planets on the board.) Players also earn points for Nebulae; the more they have from one color, the more points they earn, with bonus points from other special systems such as the Unexplored System Tiles, which are part of a variant in the game. After calculating the points, the player with the most points wins!

Expansions

Small Star Empires: The Galactic Divide
Small Star Empires: Dawn of Discoveries
Small Star Empires: 5-6 Player Expansion
Small Star Empires: Supermassive Black Hole
Small Star Empires: Civilization and Tiles Pack
Small Star Empires: Fate of the Galaxy
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