Eight-Minute Empire

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. ⏱

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Developer

Acram Digital

Released

5 Sep 2017

9 years ago

PC Mac

N/A

VGDB Score

£6.69

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Overview

Summary

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. ⏱

Description

About This Game

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 that 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 a super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few 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

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 Gra Roku Nominee

Features

- official Eight-Minute Empire game
- great artwork
- in-game 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 with 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

Technical

System Requirements

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
CPU: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
RAM: 4 GB RAM
GPU: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
Disk: 700 MB available space

Availability

Platform Release Dates

Platform	Release Date	Region	Tags
PC	--	--
Mac	--	--

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Features

Cross-Platform MultiplayerFamily SharingMulti-playerOnline PvPPvPRemote Play TogetherShared/Split ScreenShared/Split Screen PvPSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards

Pricing

Price Information

£6.69GBP

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Achievements

First Step

Win one game with any settings, in any mode.

Little Walk

Win 10 game with any settings, in any mode.

March

Win 100 game with any settings, in any mode.

Winning March

Win 500 game with any settings, in any mode.

Recruiter

Recruit 50 troops.

Headhunter

Recruit 200 troops.

Magnificent Human Resources Manager

Recruit 1000 troops.

Sailor

Move a troop along a sea route.

King

Win game with maximum available number of troops and cities on the board.

Outnumber others

Have at least six more troops than other players at the end of the turn.

The Magnificent Seven

Win having exactly 7 troops on the map.

Afraid Of Water

Win without moving the troops across water.

Area Control

Win controlling at least 3 continents.

Constructor

Build 10 cities.

Engineer

Build 50 cities.

Great Architect

Build 120 cities.

Magnate

Win controlling all the regions on a continent that has at least 3 regions.

Éminence Grise

Win without controlling any continent.

Emigrant

Win having not a single troop on the start continent.

Traveler

Win controlling at least one region on each continent.

Oligarch

Finish the game controlling all regions with goods tokens.

Corporal

Win a two player game on "Easy" by at least 10 points or more.

Major

Win a two player game on "Medium" by at least 10 points or more.

General

Win a two player game on "Hard" by at least 10 points or more.

Picker

Collect two full sets of goods in one game.

Collector

Collect three full sets of goods in one game.

Farmer

Collect a full set of carrots.

Baron

Finish the game controlling at least 12 regions.

No Wild Card

Win without picking a card with a universal good.

Gems Prohibition

Win having no ruby.

Saber-Toothed Rabbit

Win having no goods (carrot, iron) at the end of the game.

Interdisciplinar Person

Win having at least one item of each good (including a universal good).

Slyboots

Finish the game without letting any of the players collect the full set of goods.

Egoist

Finish the game without letting any of the players pick the card with a universal good.

Waste

Take a card with a good, of which you already have a full set (excluding universal goods and goods from the board).

Thinker

Finish the game having at least 20 victory points.

Intellectual

Finish the game having at least 25 victory points.

Genius

Finish the game having at least 30 victory points.

Duelist

Win a two player game on "Hard".

Threesome

Win a three player game on "Hard".

Square Brain

Win a four player game on "Hard".

Team Captain

Win a five player game on "Hard".

Gunfighter

Win a two player game on "Hard" being the starting player.

Triangle's Vertex

Win a three player game on "Hard" being the starting player.

The power of square brain

Win a four player game on "Hard" being the starting player.

Coach

Win a five player game on "Hard" being the starting player.

Bribe

Win by settling the tie with the number of coins.

Hair's breadth

Win by settling the tie with the number of troops on the board.

Under Occupation

Win with the same amount of victory points, coins and troops on the board controlling more regions on the map.

Stalemate

Win 10 games with the same amount of victory points (win tie).

Miser

Win having at least 5 coins at the end of the game.

Prodigal

Win having no coins.

Combo

Win each game in the "3 game set".

Reign of Éminence Grise

Win a "3 game set" without winning any of the games in the set.

Real Opponent

Win an on-line game.

Eight-Minute Empire

Win a game within 8 minutes.

Half-Dozen

Gain 6 points in one round.

On the way for more

Gain 8 points in one round.

Involved

Gain 200 points during all your games.

Fanatic

Gain 1000 points during all your games.

Addicted

Gain 2000 points during all your games.

Double Combo

Win 5 games in a row.

God Save the Queen

Win the game on the "Old Europe" map controlling the British Isles.

Viking

Win the game on the "Old Europe" map controlling the Scandinavian "continent".

Highlander

Build a "mountain city" (Mountains expansion).

Mountaineer

Build 3 mountain strongholds during one game (Mountains expansion)

Lord of the Quarries

Finish the game controlling all mountainous regions.

Spy

Use the "Settlers" card and recruit troops in your opponent's city.

Builder

Gain the "Builders" card.

Builders & Settlers

Use the "Settlers" and "Builders" cards during one game.

A_071

Do not take the "Builders" card even if you meet all of the conditions to take it.

Lord of The Seas

Win on the Archipelago of Azra map.

Corsair

Win on the Archipelago of Azra map controlling at least 4 continents.

Seasickness

Win on the Archipelago of Azra map without upgrading the basic troop movement to water movement.

Sea Mountains

Win on the Archipelago of Azra map playing with the "Mountains" expansion.

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