Conquest is a strategic space exploration and conquest (naturally) game for 2-4 players. Each player starts in a system at a corner of the map and expands outward from there.
Each player represents a different spacefaring race/organization - the Terrans, the Olso Empire, the Federation (changed to the Confederation in the second edition), and the Tholians (changed to the Lothians in the second edition). Each has a different set of units they can build, with varying capabilities - ships are rated for space combat, ground (bombardment) combat, drive system, and what kind of damage they take from the various combat results.
When a star is explored a card is drawn which determines the class of the inhabitable world found there and, if inhabited, its attitude to each of the players. In addition to the attitude the value of each kind of planet varies by player.
There are three different long-range movement systems in the game - warp drive, jump drive (similar to warp drive but much less accurate), and stargates, which have to be built and carried to where you want to use them. Each player uses one of the three systems for their ships.
The second edition, in addition to changing the names of two of the races, changed some of the ship designs which were similar to Star Trek and Star Wars ships. It also changed the name of the game to The Conquest and Exploration of Space.
Features:
- 1 (microscopic) die (actually, my favorite, 10mm square edge, red)
- 8 pp rule book (printed on very large glossy paper)
- 21 X 23 soft glossy game map
- 1 32-card precut Star Resources Deck
- 1 32-card precut Star Name Deck
- 900 die-cut (even if rather thin) cardboard playing pieces representing 32 different types of spaceships and space-stations
- Nice (semi-worn) outer folder with inner pockets to hold the components
- 4 (plain paper) playing aids in different colors (one for each player)
- 2-4 Players
- Average Playing times: 3 Hours
- Level of Complexity: Intermediate
This is a superior shaped copy with some medium outer wear on the flimsy outer folder. There is some light staining on the front of the rules. The cards came precut and are now carefully bagged. The game is unused and the counters are still intact and unpunched. It also includes the original cheep baggie the game came in. The first edition of this game contained many Star Trek and Star Wars references that were used without permission nor copyright acknowledgement. These were all removed with the second edition (for obvious legal reasons). These include Imperial Star Destroyers for the Empire player, a Tholian Player set, and Constitution class ships for the Federation player.
FCG001 C1981 2 player decks, 5 counter sheets, map, outer folder, game turn record, strange little game name "stand-up"
