Did you ever dream being the Empress of an Empire on which the sun never sets and who rules the seas; or to get the rightful place in the sun for your nation, spreading your Kultur and influence, challenging Britania’s mastery of the oceans and deterring jealous rivals with an army nobody can match alone; or to free your Slavic brethens from oppression, getting access to the warm seas and dominating Asia; or to fulfill your ‘Mission Civilisatrice’ and perhaps even recover your lost provinces? This game is for you! An historical boardgame for 4 players Card driven, with events and card points, you take the head of one of the most formidable powers of the era, from 1898 to a possible Great War. You will garner victory, prestige, strength and influence by making alliances, destroying adverse ones, controlling up to 11 other secondary powers, placing troops and colonies to expand your empire and hinder rival ones, fomenting strikes and colonial uprisings, leading the naval and armament races, all this under the threat of a looming world war. Fashoda, US-Spanish war, Russo-Japanese war, the Boers, the Great Game, German Naval league and Sarajevo are now all yours to confront and overcome… —description from the publisher