Imperial Struggle

France and Great Britain, two great powers competing for supremacy for nearly a century. In Imperial Struggle you step back to the year 1697, when all of Europe is waiting in suspense to see who will become the new king of Spain. From there a conflict unfolds that only ends in 1789, when the Bastille falls and a new age begins. You and your opponent decide together how this history plays out. This is not a game that is only about war. It is in the years of peace that you lay the foundations: you build up trade, form alliances and respond to important events of the era. Every choice counts, because what you take, your opponent can no longer get. And when war does break out, the balance shifts in India, Canada and the Caribbean. Victory on the battlefield can melt away again at the negotiating table. Although Imperial Struggle spans almost a hundred years of history and four major wars, the rules stay clear and manageable. You can finish a game in one evening, sitting across from each other at the table, both convinced that your empire will shape the future. Will Great Britain rule an empire on which the sun never sets? Or will France be the one to shine? You decide together, move by move.