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Over the past few years I had seen several references to a game entitled WAR AGE OF IMPERIALISM (which was sold by Eagle Games from 2001 onwards), and recently I decided that it sounded like the sort of board game I would enjoy using.

Besides three large game boards that cover a map of Europe and the East (North and South American are covered in one of the games supplements) and a book of rules (there are three sets, ranging from simple to complex), there are a large number of playing pieces in a variety of different colours.

The playing pieces alone were worth the 9.99 that I paid for the game, and I can already see wargaming uses for them.

Reply Delete Replies Reply Robert (Bob) Cordery Friday, May 17, 2013 3:27:00 pm Sean, The playing pieces hold more of an appeal to me than the game itself.

I have read the rules, but until I have actually played a game - for which I will need at least a couple of other players - I will not make any comments as to how good they are.

All the best, Bob Reply Delete Replies Reply Dr Vesuvius Friday, May 17, 2013 11:17:00 pm I have that game.

It does include a stupendous amount of stuff, and the board is simply massive.

As far as I know, the proposed extension with the mapboards of the Americas was never physically produced, although those maps are available as an option in the PC version of the game.

Ive read on Boardgame Geek that there are some serious flaws with the rules, albeit ones that can be fixed with a couple of houserules.

Ive never gotten around to playing it, but since one of our gaming circle picked up a copy of their own, its now on the roadmap for an all-day session soon.

Friday, May 17, 2013 11:29:00 pm Looks an interesting game- Ive played the same companys game Attack, our group likes that one a lot.

Cheers, Pete. Reply Delete Replies Reply CorporalTrim Friday, May 17, 2013 11:49:00 pm Nice game pieces.

Ive seen at least one blog where the ships were used for naval warfare gaming.

Aside from the amusingly girlish screams of my explorers killed by indigenous peoples unreceptive to the benefits of European civilization, it was disappointingly bland.

Its probably one of those things best experienced with friends, beer pretzels.

Regards, Steve Reply Delete Replies Reply Robert (Bob) Cordery Friday, May 17, 2013 11:57:00 pm Dr Vesuvius, Having spent a bit more time reading the rules, I can see that they are more than a little clunky in places.

That said, I can see me getting lots of use out of the bits, so I regard it as a very good buy I had read that the extension game boards had been produced, but were not widely available (I have yet to see any photographs that feature the extension boards).

If you ever get around to playing the game as is, I will be interested to hear how it went.

All the best, Bob Reply Delete Replies Reply Robert (Bob) Cordery Friday, May 17, 2013 11:58:00 pm Pete, It certainly has lots of bits that I will be using, probably for other games.

I am not a great lover of PC games, so I have not bothered to look at the computerised version of the game.

We loved the pieces, but the rules did not thrill us, and the boards, as big as they were, were still not big enough to accommodate the pieces.

We wound up selling all three, although I later bought sets of their horses (to replace the hopeless steeds from Airfix), and the Imperialism figures for a variety of uses.

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