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Imperium: Legends

1-4 players 40-160 min 7.8 Board Game Geek Rating

Players command one of eight unique historical civilizations, each with distinct abilities and strategies. Through careful expansion, technological development, and cultural growth, you must balance rapid conquest against internal stability. Victory goes to whoever builds the most dominant empire while avoiding the collapse that comes from overextension or stagnation.

Published 2021

Imperium: Legends

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Place Power Card
Position your civilization's Power Card in your play area as the central reference
2
Handle Supply Cards
Add any Supply Cards from your civilization to the Common Cards in the market
3
Arthurians special setup
Place King Arthur's Court faceup below your Power Card; the ● card is your Nadir card
4
Atlanteans special setup
Do not use a ● card or Nation Deck; place your State Card with the empire side up
5
Celts special setup
Add any Supply Cards to the Common Cards in the market
6
Olmecs special setup
Add any Supply Cards to the Common Cards in the market
7
Quin special setup
Add any Supply Cards to the Common Cards in the market
8
Utopians special setup
Put Visions of Shangri-La on top of Gates of Shangri-La below your Power Card as your Journey Card; do not use a ● card, Nation Deck, or Development Cards
9
Vikings special setup
The ● card is your Zenith Card; add any Supply Cards to the Common Cards in the market

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Clean up phase (Carthaginians)
Add 1 or 2 Material Tokens to any card in the market instead of 1 Progress Token
2
Clean up phase (Quin)
Add 1 Population Token to any card in the market instead of 1 Progress Token
3
Clean up phase (Utopians)
Remove all Action and Exhaust Tokens; place 3 Exhaust Tokens on your State Card instead of 5
4
Reshuffling (Arthurians)
The ● Nadir card goes immediately to your Play Area instead of your discard pile; do not flip your State Card
5
Reshuffling (Utopians)
Skip step 1 for Nation Deck and Development Area as you have neither
6
Reshuffling (Vikings)
When you place your ● card in your discard pile, it triggers the end of the game; do not flip your State Card

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Arthurians victory condition
The game ends when the player plays their Graal ● card
2
Utopians victory condition
The game ends when the player has at least 24 Population Tokens and triggers the Solstice keyword on their Shangri-La Journey Card
3
Vikings victory condition
The game ends when the player places their Harald Hardrada ● card into their discard pile
4
Standard civilizations
Egyptians, Greeks, Macedonians, Maurians, Minoans, Persians, Romans, and Scythians follow the base game victory conditions

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[FR] Présentation du jeu et partie Solo complète (Qin)

[FR] Présentation du jeu et partie Solo complète (Qin)

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