3-4 players, 90-120 minutes
TL:DR Version
Inca Empire is a Euro style classic of expansion, exploitation, and empire building which weighs in heavy on time to play but genuinely feels like you’re building up an empire. While you’re trying to win, there’s a hint of a cooperative element to see how far the Inca Empire can stretch. Primary mechanics are Route Building, Empire Building, and Civilization Lite.
TL:DR Version
Inca Empire is a Euro style classic of expansion, exploitation, and empire building which weighs in heavy on time to play but genuinely feels like you’re building up an empire. While you’re trying to win, there’s a hint of a cooperative element to see how far the Inca Empire can stretch. Primary mechanics are Route Building, Empire Building, and Civilization Lite.
The Pitch
They say the Inca Empire wasn’t built in a day but rather two hours. Two long, excruciating hours where that one jerk won’t stop connecting to all of your cities and garrisons like some Incan Coattail Riding Jerk Face who should just go off and do his own thing. That jerk who places the gods wrath in your empire while his gets an easy path to glory… that jerk!
They say the Inca Empire wasn’t built in a day but rather two hours. Two long, excruciating hours where that one jerk won’t stop connecting to all of your cities and garrisons like some Incan Coattail Riding Jerk Face who should just go off and do his own thing. That jerk who places the gods wrath in your empire while his gets an easy path to glory… that jerk!
Welcome to Inca Empire, one of my favorite board games and
that one jerk mentioned in the blurb above?
I’m usually that jerk. Inca
Empire is a game with a ton of bits and a long run up to the end game that
feels satisfying every step of the way.
The goal of Inca Empire is, of course, points which is achieved
primarily by both building and connecting to the most areas on the board.
