The Scout moves into the unexplored system and simply stops, not knowing yet what is located under that chit.

The only tricky part (which tripped ALL of us up, at least once or twice) was keeping track of which ship groups belonged to which technology level. In the upcoming round, however, Yellow will get to fire its Class “A” and “B” units before Blue can fire back due to the fact that Blue now has no “A” Class units at all, and Yellow’s “B” Class units will fire first because Yellow has Tactics tech superiority. The game map is mounted and the unit counters are high quality, as we’ve all come to expect from GMT Games.

When one starts playing however, it is outright evident what the game is and does, with many novices wondering why it took as long to explain the rules. If you don't mind reading some text for rules and have a drop of imagination to carry the fantistic theme of the game. Blue’s total Attack Strength is 6 (5 inherent Attack Strength and +1 Attack Tech level) and Yellow’s total Defense Strength is 4 (2 inherent and +2 Defense Tech) making the “To Hit” number 2.

But in a world that is so seemingly saturated with space themed 4x games, what does Space Empires offer that is different from all of the rest?

You can upgrade movement speeds, defense, attack power, first strike capability, terraforming ability and more, sometimes multiple times to give yourself a strategic edge.