Empire in Flames is a solo print-and-play strategy game set in the world of Reign Absolute played on a hex-based map. You play the Empire and your goal is to eliminate the treasonous rebels through various actions and abilities before they reach your capital and the Doom Clock is depleted. After randomly placing all Empire and Rebel units on the hex map, you alternate taking actions for the Empire and the Rebels. You roll dice to assign actions to your units and for the Rebels you follow the Rebel Logic board to determine their actions. You win by eliminating all Rebel units and you lose when all your units are defeated or the doom clock runs out.