Empire of the Sun 4th Printing

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Empire of the Sun (EotS) is the third design from Mark Herman that features cards as a primary game component, following the award-winning We The People. EotS is a strategic level look at the entire War in the Pacific from the attack on Pearl Harbor until the surrender of Japan. EotS is a card driven game (CDG) which takes the system to a new level while maintaining all of the tension and uncertainty people have come to expect from a CDG. Players are cast in the roles of MacArthur, Yamamoto, Nimitz, and Mountbatten, leading the forces of the United States, the Empire of Japan, and their allies and conducting the the full spectrum of military operations from the strategic to the tactical level.

As in other CDG games, players try to maximize the impact of their cards, while hiding their intentions and traps from their opponent. The player has a wide range of clear strategic choices. EotS focuses on the key ground, air, and naval units that each side employed to carry out their strategic plans. The Japanese player is challenged to achieve victory by expanding the Empire of Japan, while the Allied player must bring his forces to bear to contain the Japanese expansion and, if possible, reverse the tide of Japanese conquest.