Colonial: Europe’s Empires Overseas

About this board game

Colonial: Europe’s Empires Overseas is a board game for 2–6 players, with an approximately 120-minute playing time, set between the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. Each player takes the role of a ruler of a mighty European state competing in a race for prestige.

Send your ministers across the earth to explore new territories, establish missions, pursue scientific supremacy, and develop trade in exotic goods. The game places these ambitions within an epic historical backdrop, where careful planning and diplomatic judgment are essential to success.

Commodities must be exploited on an industrial scale before being resold in Europe or in the colonies. Managing these activities effectively is central to building influence and advancing your position against rival European powers.

• Explore the earth and establish missions
• Pursue scientific supremacy
• Trade in exotic goods and exploit commodities industrially
• Resell goods in Europe or in the colonies
• Compete for prestige through management, knowledge, and diplomacy

Colonial uses a branded Character Card-driven system alongside conventional dice and custom dice. These elements combine decision-making with a degree of luck, creating a fast-paced contest in which every ruler must weigh opportunity, preparation, and risk.

With its blend of exploration, missions, science, trade, industry, and diplomacy, Colonial: Europe’s Empires Overseas presents a strategic struggle for dominance during a transformative period of history. Success demands careful management and the ability to turn global opportunities into prestige.