Game Two starts with a review of the events from Game One. The result was a decision by all players to choose an island start for Game Two. The expectation was a more naval focused game since players would be moving troops via transport, but the game showed the strength of air power instead. The…
Game One kicks off with our players selecting safe choices. Malaz, Quon Tali, and Cawn are three important locations within the books, with the eponymous Malaz Empire being based on the island of the same name. Only Keiren picks an isolated power, which is the island nation of Walk. However, as one might expect, the…
Welcome to the kick-of game for the 2023-24 Year End Empire Deluxe Tournament. This year, we saw four finalists fighting for control of the continent of Quon Tali. Due to a technical limitation, this year’s map was distributed via an in-game channel instead of through the website. However, the map will be made public once…
Game three begins with four of our five contestants in a close battle of the title of champion. Holak and Dalian both had excellent finishes in the last game, with Itzi eventually playing Kingmaker in a multi-front knockout to end out last game. This is the final game of the season which will see a…
Game Two starts with Keiren and Holak obtaining commanding leads after Game One. This series saw a revision to the code to give preference to defending infantry units against other ground units but otherwise kept the same victory conditions and unit sets. This was one of our longest games, not in terms of turns, but…
Game One of the Empire Deluxe Tournament started on December 23rd and was cut in half by the Christmas holiday. Normally, games are played through the weekend, but due to this unique calendar anomaly, the game was paused until it’s completion Wednesday morning. That puts us slightly behind our usual schedule for the tournament, but…
We are nearing the end of the year, and that means it is time for the annual Empire Deluxe Tournament. This year we have five players who will test their mettle in the game of Empire Deluxe. We will once again being using the Combined Edition of the game which is the latest version. We…
Congratulations to Mara who has claimed the title of Empire Deluxe Champion for 2021. After two narrow but well-played victories, and a partial win on our third play-through, he will carry the torch for 2022 until we meet again next December. In this post, I will show the highlights for our third and final game…
After Mara’s risky win in Game One, we now move into Game Two of our year-end championship. In Game Two, players opted to include the Capitol Kill victory condition although it was not put to the test due to some expert defensive play. This game took a day and a half to complete and had…
After two false starts, Game One of the 2021 Empire Deluxe Tournament Championship is completed. Two players are effectively tied for first place going into Game Two after a surprising and incredibly risky surgical strike caused our players to declare a cease fire. Round Two will start later today as our players complete some quality-of-life…
