Conquest of the Empire is a board game created in 1984 by Milton Bradley. Part of the Gamemaster series, Conquest of the Empire is very similar to the popular Axis and Allies of the same series. That may be because it was designed by the same designer, Larry Harris. A military strategy game set in the Roman Empire after the death of Marcus Aurelius, 2 to 6 players pit their armies against each other in an attempt to become the ruler of Rome. This game is out of print and now very highly prized by collectors. Experienced game players feel that the catapult piece is too powerful and this fact hurts the game's playability. A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Milton Bradley (1836 - 1911) was a game pioneer, credited by many with launching the game industry in North America. ... The Gamemaster series of board games consisted of five war simulation games created by the game company Milton Bradley, beginning in 1984 with the introduction of the extremely popular Axis and Allies. ... Box art for the Milton Bradley edition Axis and Allies is a strategy board game by the Milton Bradley Company set during World War II. Milton Bradley released it as part of their Gamemaster series in 1984 and it was the most successful of the five; in April 2004, Hasbro... A game designer most famous for creating the game Axis & Allies. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... Marcus Aurelius depicted in The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, as translated by George Long Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
In the summer of 2005, Eagle Games released an updated version of this game, designed by Glenn Drover. This new version contains two rulesets and is therefore in a sense 'two games in one'. One ruleset is an updated version of the original, amongst other things fixing the "Catapult" issue. The other is heavily inspired by another Eagle game, Struggle of Empires by Martin Wallace, and represents a more 'modern' type of boardgame. Both new rulesets are generally well received by players. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ...
For many centuries, the term "Empire" in the West applied exclusively to states which considered themselves to be successors to the Roman Empire, such as the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, or, later, the Russian Empire.
In 1204, when Constantinople was sacked during the Fourth Crusade, the Crusaders created a Latin Empire in Constantinople, while the descendents of the Byzantine Empire went to Asia Minor and established two smaller empires: the Empire of Nicaea and the Empire of Trebizond.
The Mongol Empire was governed by kurultai, and there was freedom of religion, tax exemption and extensive trade routes that were nurtured by the Khan.
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