GLORIOUS EMPIRES
INTRODUCTION
Dice and Card game for 2-4+ players.
Civilization Building Theme.
DICE
Each player has a set of 8 six-sided dice.
THE DECKS
There are six decks:
1. Leader Deck
2. Wonder Deck
3. Conquest Deck
4. Resource Deck
5. Culture Deck
6. Disaster Deck
GAME END
The game ends after 20 turns.
VICTORY
The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game wins.
SETUP
Shuffle the Six Decks.
Each is placed face up in the Middle of the Table.
TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn is divided into phases:
1. All players roll their Dice simultaneously.
2. Players may reroll some, all, or none of their dice.
3. Players may a second time reroll some, all, or none of their dice.
4. The player who rolled the most ones gets the top Leader card.
5. The player who rolled the most twos gets the top Wonder card.
6. The player who rolled the most threes gets the top Conquest card.
7. The player who rolled the most fours gets the top Resource card.
8. The player who rolled the most fives gets the top Culture card.
9. The player who rolled the most sixes gets the top Disaster card.
If there is a tie in any category, the tied players roll one die each.
Highest roll wins the tiebreaker.
Players put the cards they have won in front of themselves, visible to all.
END GAME SCORING
Each card has a Victory Point (VP) Value.
Each player adds up the points of all their cards to get a VP Total.
DISASTERS
Disasters have a Negative VP values.
Players must do their best to avoid acquiring Disasters.
SPECIAL ABILITIES (SA)
Some cards will provide the owning player with an assortment of SA.
GLORIOUS EMPIRES LEADERS DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Gilgamesh 14 +10 VP with Sumeria
Cleopatra 18 +10 VP with Julius Caesar
King Djoser 3 +10 VP with Ziggurat
Hammurabi 13 +10 VP with Code of Laws
Ramses 15 +10 VP with Pyramids
Nebuchadnezzar 8 +10 VP with Hanging Gardens
Moses 22 +10 VP with Monotheism
Nefertiti 7 +10 VP with Egypt
King Minos 16 +10 VP with Knossos
Xerxes 6 Steal one Conquest
Socrates 17 +10 VP with Philosophy
Sargon 4 Steal one Conquest
Cyrus the Great 5 +10 VP with Persia
Pythagoras 12 +10 VP with Mathematics
Alexander the Great 23 All your Conquests get +1 VP
Plato 21 +10 VP for most Culture
Julius Caesar 24 +10 VP for most Conquests
Hannibal 11 +2 to Conquest Tie Breaker Rolls
Aristotle 20 +2 to Culture Tie Breaker Rolls
Homer 19 All your Leaders get +1 VP
Jesus 25 Get 1 extra Reroll next Turn
Constantine 9 +10 VP with Art
Attila 10 Steal one Conquest
Romulus 2 Roll 2 extra Dice next Turn
Vercingetorix 1 +20 with Gaul
GLORIOUS EMPIRES WONDERS DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Stonehenge 23 Get 1 extra Reroll next Turn
Sphinx 24 +10 VP for most Culture
Great Pyramid 25 +10 VP with Egypt
Ziggurat 15 +10 VP with Sumeria
Temple of Solomon 14 +10 VP with Jerusalem
Hanging Gardens 21 +10 VP with Irrigation
Temple of Artemis 3 +10 VP with Ionia
Parthenon 16 +10 VP with Attica
Statue of Zeus 13 All your Leaders get +1 VP
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 1 Roll 2 extra Dice next turn
Colossus 19 +10 VP for most Resources
Library of Alexandria 22 +10 VP for most Advances
Oracle at Delphi 9 Look at next 3 cards in any Deck
Petra 10 +10 VP with Caravans
Tower of the Winds 2 Roll 2 extra Dice next turn
Lighthouse of Alexandria 12 +10 VP with Fleets
Aqueduct of Nemausus 4 +10 VP for most Resources
Colosseum 18 All your Conquests get +1 VP
Forum of Trajan 8 +10 VP with Merchants
Pantheon 17 +10 VP with Engineering
Baths of Diocletian 6 +10 VP with Rome
Basilica Cistern 5 +10 VP with Asia Minor
Persepolis 11 +10 VP with Persia
Hadrians Wall 7 Immune to Barbarians
GLORIOUS EMPIRES DISASTER DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Blight -10 Starvation
Famine -15 Starvation
Piracy -4 Get one less Die next Turn
Plague -19 Sickness
Invasion -25 Barbarians
Disease -9 Sickness
Migrations -24 Barbarians
Sea Peoples -23 Barbarians
Horse Tribes -22 Barbarians
Pestilence -12 Sickness
Stagnation -8 Get one less Die next Turn
Epidemic -14 Starvation
Locusts -7 Starvation
Sands of Time -3 Discard one Wonder
Death -2 Discard one Leader
Rivers Dry Up -21 -
Earthquake -6 -
Volcano -13 -
Flood -5 Get one less Die next Turn
Anarchy -16 Unrest
Rebellion -17 Unrest
Civil War -18 Unrest
Usurper -1 Unrest
GLORIOUS EMPIRES CULTURE DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Art 25 Get 1 extra Reroll next Turn
Sculpture 9 +10 VP with Marble
Music 8 Roll 2 extra Dice next turn
Mysticism 23 +2 to Leader Tie Breaker Rolls
Monotheism 17 +10 VP with Jerusalem
Writing 24 +10 VP with Library of Alexandria
Philosophy 18 Roll 2 extra Dice next Turn
Literature 19 +10 VP for Most Leaders
Code of Laws 22 +10 VP for Most Resources
Democracy 16 Immune to Unrest
Coinage 14 +10 VP with Merchants
Engineering 15 All your Wonders get +1 VP
Mathematics 21 +2 to Culture Tie Breaker Rolls
Irrigation 13 +10 VP with Grain
Cartography 1 All your Conquests get +1 VP
Medicine 3 Immune to Sickness
Equestrian 5 +10 VP with Horses
Pottery 12 Immune to Starvation
Cloth Making 11 +10 VP with Textiles
Metal Working 10 Metals get +5 VP
Road Building 4 +10 VP with Caravans
Ship Building 2 +10 VP with Fleets
Mining 6 Metals get +5 VP
Astronomy 7 +10 VP with Stonehenge
GLORIOUS EMPIRES RESOURCE DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Gold 25 Metal
Silver 24 Metal
Bronze 22 Metal
Iron 23 Metal
Slaves 10 All your Conquests get +1 VP
Laborers 11 +2 to Wonder Tie Breaker Rolls
Craftsmen 15 All your Wonders get +1 VP
Farmers 12 +10 VP with Grain
Soldiers 19 Immune to Barbarians
Merchants 14 Trade Goods get +3 VP
Caravans 13 Trade Goods get +3 VP
Fleets 20 +2 to Conquest Tie Breaker Rolls
Armies 21 Steal 1 Conquest
Livestock 9 +10 VP with Farmers
Grain 17 +10 VP with Egypt
Oil 8 Trade Good
Amber 5 Trade Good
Horses 18 +10 VP with Attila
Textiles 6 Trade Good
Spices 7 Trade Good
Furs 1 Trade Good
Incense 4 Trade Good
Wine 16 Trade Good
Marble 3 All your Wonders get +1 VP
Fish 2 +10 VP with Fleets
GLORIOUS EMPIRES CONQUEST DECK CARD LIST
Name: VP SA
Attica 20 -
Asia Minor 19 -
Sumeria 23 -
Egypt 22 -
Sicily 16 -
Macedon 18 -
Iberia 11 -
Gaul 15 -
Germania 10 -
Agean 25 -
Ionia 14 -
Syria 17 -
Persia 9 -
Cypress 4 -
Rome 21 -
Knossus 13 -
Galatia 3 -
Thrace 8 -
Carthage 12 -
Libya 2 -
Jerusalem 24 -
Mauretania 1 -
Eturia 7 -
Dalmatia 6 -
Aquitania 5 -
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