Downfall of Empires is an army level World War I strategy simulation wargame designed with the goal of creating a fluid, historical and fast playing game. This is a game with only 4 pages of rules that works perfectly as an introductory wargame, lasts 18 turns, can be played by from 2 to 4 players (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Allies and Russia) and can be completed in less than 3 hours.

Each turn, each player has 2 or 3 actions (depending on which side they control) that they can used to move or attack with their armies, build trenches, conduct diplomacy with non-aligned countries, reinforce their armies or secretly develop technologies. At the end of the game someone will win with most victory points obtained by controlling key areas on the map. The German and Franco-British Powers have three actions per turn. The Russian and Austro-Hungarian Powers have two actions per turn.

If you are further interested in the game, we posted an interview with designer Victor Catalá that you can read at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2022/02/21/interview-with-victor-catala-designer-of-downfall-of-empires-from-doit-games-coming-to-kickstarter-february-28th/

-Grant