Eight-Minute Empire

Eight-Minute Empire

Control, strategy, conquest!

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publisher
price
$4.99
Reviews
4.5 (216)
United States United States
Description
Control, strategy, conquest!
The official version of the board game - Eight-Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat.

AWARDS & HONORS

Our digital adaptation:
2017 Golden Geek Best Board Game App Nominee
2017 Golden Geek Best Mobile/Handheld Nominee

The board game:
2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game Nominee
2014 Gioco dell’Anno Nominee
2014 Hra roku Nominee

Build an empire in around eight minutes!

Recruit troops to strengthen your army
Command your forces to acquire new provinces
Challenge your friends all over the world
Sail across the seas & build castles to expand your empire
Eliminate enemy troops to weaken your adversaries
Collect goods to increase your advantage

Eight-Minute Empire, by Ryan Laukat, is a quick Civilization/Exploration game using card-driven area control.

In Eight-Minute Empire, 2-5 players take turns selecting a card from the six displayed. This card gives the player a resource, and also has an action which the player takes immediately. Actions help players take over the map, but the resources are worth points at the end of the game, so players have to balance the two aspects. Players spread across the map in order to collect points at the end of the game by having majority control in regions and continents.

Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes.

Features:
- official Eight-Minute Empire game
- great artwork
- ingame interactive tutorial
- languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Traditional and Simplified, Russian
- optimized for PC, smartphones and tablets
- play with AI, with friends or both
- pass and play mode
- online multiplayer with synchronous and asynchronous modes
- opponents' last moves replay
- 3 levels of difficulty AIs with individual strategies
- different maps
- climate sounds and music
- official rules plus extra additions
- unique, original board game feel on your electronic device
- colorblind mode
- over 70 achievements
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Reviews

Silly game

I wrote a review awhile back, and it got deleted. So I will try again. The idea behind this game is good, very good. There is area control, and there is card play. It is all ruined by the ability to move an army through enemy territory as if the enemy wasn’t even there. That’s unrealistic, and silly.

Dr. Zachary SmithMon, Oct 16, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Forcing an end to game after 10 rounds is a disappointment.

It never occurred to me that you had to play a short game. Why not make that a user configurable setting and allow continuing play and not the 10 round limit. That would allow a nice in between game of a 10 round limit and huge empire building apps. EE’s level of details is perfect that this. Until then I’ll be playing something else, sigh.

EriptronSun, Oct 24, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Pretty Much Perfect

Could Acram just take over all digital board game design? The UI is insanely polished. I’ve played the game about a dozen times in 24 hours and I’m ready to take on higher AI difficulty. Edit: one thing I can’t stand about online multiplayer is that you can’t add AI players to a multiplayer game. Seems like this could be done and would make it easier for two people to play online multiplayer but not have to resort to a two player game.

ph349397Fri, Mar 5, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Okay game, I guess.

In this game, you move armies around to control territories. But there is never any interaction between the opposing armies! Your cannot attack another player's armies, even if you want to. You simply share territories with your opponent. And you can move your armies right through an opponent's territory, as if your opponent wasn't even there. Very odd and unrealistic. I suppose the board game plays the same way. I've only played this app version. And although I liked the clever use of cards here, I found the rest of the game to be rather odd, and dull.

Dr. Zachary SmithWed, Jun 3, 2020
United StatesUnited States

Fast & good

While many civilization building games are marathons, this one is more like a 100 yard dash. You play cards to gain resources, which you have to balance, and choose actions from city building, raising troops, moving your troops, naval movement, destroying enemies, etc. the objective is to control regions of the board and preferably continents which you do by gaining a majority. You have a limited number of turns and curren$y to work with, and often the game is over before you know it, generally 10 minutes or so. These limitations make a quick play, but they also mean that each movie has to be thought about pretty carefully, because you don’t have time to waste. Well done!

TheDudeAbidedSun, Apr 5, 2020
United StatesUnited States

Great for busy people

I like civilization games but my schedule doesn’t allow for long gaming sessions. This game is perfect for people like me who like the genre but only have time for shorter games. I’m so glad to have stumbled upon this one! This is very well designed and user friendly. The rule book is a fast and clear read, and between that and a tutorial game you’re good to go. The AI seems balanced to me and I’m enjoying playing against it. Even though the games are brief the strategy is deep enough to keep it interesting without being overbearing. The perfect balance for a sort-of casual gamer like me. I’m glad the game board allows for easy zooming, because even on a large phone the map and icons are small. But the zoom function here is well done and very helpful for people like me who wear glasses. I find the pricing fair for a game of this quality. I’m glad there are good developers like this one and am happy to support their monetization model. Thank you, developers!

WRS15743Wed, Jun 19, 2019
United StatesUnited States

One of my go to’s

This is easily in my top 3 favorite games. Only issue I have it that it crashes between games.

BAC0NxANDxEGGSThu, May 23, 2019
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 47.3KApr 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$119Apr 2024Worldwide
download revenue
About
Bundle Id
com.acram.EightMinuteEmpire
Min Os. Version
13.0
Release Date
Mon, Sep 4, 2017
Update Date
Mon, Jan 16, 2023
Content Rating
4+
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
420.23MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
What's New
version
1.3.4
updated
1 year ago
Improved communication with other platforms.
Added iOS 14.5 user privacy compatibility - we will continue NOT to use your data for anything other than game improvement and marketing targeting of products similar to the ones you're interested in (aka our other games), and we will never show you adds in-game - and you'll be asked to agree to as much.Updated the communication  with other platforms.
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