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Empires: Builder ExpansionEmpires: Builder Expansion

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Designed by Glenn Drover
Players 3 to 6
Age 13 to adult
Playing time 90+ minutes
RRP £31.99
Price £20.00

Contents

  • 20 capital buildings
  • 34 base buildings
  • 60 builder specialist figures
  • 1 set of purple figures
  • 6 national advantage counters
  • Rules

About the game

The Builder expansion is for Glenn Drover's Age of Empires III game. The name change is almost certainly down to licensing issues following the demise and resurrection of Eagle Games.

The game introduces a new specialist the Builder. When placed on the colonist dock and sent to the New World, the Builder will increase the VPs scored for the region. When placed in the Capital Building track, the player pays $5 less. The Builder may be acquired via new capital buildings or when a player places a colonist on the 5th spot (a Builder is Free, other specialists cost 5).

The 20 new capital buildings include some "buildings" that cost nothing, but offer a one-time instant effect such as $7, 2 free specialists, or 2 free trade goods. So even if a player is short on cash, a building action is available.

Each nation gains a special ability and one or two capital buildings to start the game under the revised rules. The idea is that the Spanish will feel like the Spanish, the English will feel like the English, and the Dutch like the Dutch, etc.

 

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Mail me © Keith Thomasson December 31st 2011