Ascending Empires

About this board game

Ascending Empires is a space empire-building game for 2–4 players that combines exploration, development, and dexterity-based combat in approximately 75 minutes. In a distant galaxy, humanity begins again among the ruins of four long-dead civilizations.

The last survivors of the human race have escaped an unstoppable enemy and now face a new race for technological advancement. Players seek to claim the galaxy while using alien relics to help their civilizations ascend to the stars.

Players expand their presence across new worlds through a range of developments:

• Build colonies and cities on planets.
• Establish research facilities.
• Develop new Technologies based on alien relics.
• Build fleets of Starships.

Exploration and construction are joined by conflict between human factions. Starship movement and combat use a simple dexterity element, giving the game a physical system for directing fleets and waging war across the galaxy.

With its blend of building, exploring, development, and combat, Ascending Empires supports many different strategies. It is designed to offer the appeal of a space empire game that plays simply while still offering meaningful depth.

Released in 2011, Ascending Empires presents a fast-paced struggle for growth and control. Develop alien-inspired technology, establish settlements, and send starships into a galaxy where humanity’s next empire is waiting to be built.