Gempire: Zarmund’s Demands

About this board game

Gempire: Zarmund’s Demands is a hidden-action city-building strategy game for 3–5 players that plays in about 90 minutes. In each game, King Zarmund announces three random demands, and the first architect to satisfy any two wins.

Every player plans actions secretly in their own dry-erase Gempire planning book. Choices are revealed simultaneously each round, so there is no waiting for turns: you must anticipate your opponents while shaping your own city.

Develop your population, gold, culture, and science as you work toward the king’s demands. Upgrade your city, renovate your palace, and discover technologies that can give your plans an advantage over less-developed opponents.

• Hidden action selection: Choose your actions in secret, then reveal them at the same time as everyone else.
• Changing objectives: Three random demands create different victory paths from game to game.
• Variable development: Each game features a different combination of five useful technologies.
• Adaptable palace upgrades: Rewards for improving your palace also change between games.

Gempire: Zarmund’s Demands is designed around strategic decision-making rather than unpredictable events that can destroy a carefully developed plan. Players have the same opportunities throughout the game, with dice results available to everyone and no unbalanced characters or races.

With its simultaneous planning, shifting demands, and changing technology and palace rewards, every session asks you to adapt and fine-tune your strategy. Outsmart your friends, keep your intentions hidden, and be the first architect to complete two of King Zarmund’s demands.