Unboxing Thursdays: Sponsored by Brotherwise Games- Empires End

Unboxing Thursdays we open, learn, and play games as we add them to our library. 

This month we are partnering with Brotherwise Games. 

This Thursday we are playing and learning .  

Empire's End: 7.0

You lead a grand civilization at the height of its influence, but can you save it from collapse? In Empire's End, 2-4 players compete to keep calamity at bay. Empire's End marries the intuitive and elegant mechanism of reverse-bidding with engine-building, long-term planning, and strategic depth. The result is a game with a quick tempo, abundant tension, and multiple challenging paths to victory.

Players begin with a civilization at the height of its power. Play proceeds through a series of phases, varying as you progress through the game. During the Disaster phase, players face a common threat such as famine, a flood, or barbarians. The player who ends the bidding must take the disaster, which…