Middle Sea: Empires of the Feudal Age

1979

Terence Peter Donnelly, Wilf K. Backhaus

BGG Geek Rating

5.5

based on 38 ratings

BGG Average Rating

5.8

community average

BGG Ranking

#23335

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Players

2-40

Weight

2.33/5.00

Playtime

240 min

Age

12+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Area-Impulse Action Queue Variable Set-up Events Dice Rolling Player Judge Simultaneous Action Selection Paper-and-Pencil Secret Unit Deployment Area Majority / Influence Area Movement

📂 Categories

Political Wargame Medieval Economic Spies / Secret Agents

🎨 Artists

Mike Gilbert (I)

🏢 Publishers

Fantasy Games Unlimited

📖 About This Game

A multi-player† board game that recreates the growth of empires during the Middle Ages throughout the Mediterranean world. Christians and Moslems in conflict among themselves and with each other. Originally a PBM game; it involves partially hidden movement (you move "armies" and "fleets" of hidden make-up) as well as simultaneous turn plotting. Spy rings are valuable intelligence-gathering units. Areas fought over repeatedly suffer from the warfare and have their economic value depressed --a neat touch which is unfortunately uncommon in wargames. † In theory, the game can accommodate 40 players, one for each leader and its province.