Eight-Minute Empire

Pretty tedious

Bello e "veloce"

[b]KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW[/b] It's the digital version of the very same boardgame, with "area control" mechanics and short matches. Its simple gameplay is further simplified by removing the need to calculate the scores. Maps should have been included from the start, they are a hidden cost and without them the game gets repetitive very quickly. It's not bad, but it's better live. [b]Best played with mouse Recommended buy price: 8$ (with all maps included) Score: 6,5/10[/b]

Ich dachte, dieses Spiel wäre nett, um zwischendurch mal ein paar (bzw. acht) Minuten online zu zocken. Aber leider muss man acht Tage auf eine Partie warten, weil einfach niemand on ist (jetzt im Januar 2024). Als Singleplayerspiel taugt es mir nicht.

Quick, simple rules with strategy that works for a quick bit of fun when you have a few minutes. Very addictive.

I believe that most of the negative reviews of this game are totally unjustified. It is a brilliantly enjoyable board game. Simple, straightforward, albeit at times perhaps a little bit too short (an option to play an extra two rounds could be advantageous). We are never able to actually play a game in 8 minutes, but you could easily play a series of 3 games within two hours, even with the most arduous group of friends. Heck, it might actually be feasible in half an hour, if your friends could just stop overthinking everything. The criticism on the price is outright ridiculous, since the whole thing can regularly be bought for about €7, including all available extensions. These provide new boards and a few refreshing additional mechanisms. Every single one of them a welcome addition to the base game. However, there is one extremely severe problem with the game that does actually warrant a negative review: serious synchronization issues that obliterate the point of some of the core mechanisms. At the start of the game, players bid on who can choose who starts the game, but because of these synchronization issues, that decision frequently has to be made on the premise that all random factors in the game might still change after having made that bid. Those random factors include the location of mountains on the map, location or type of resources on the map, and the cards available to buy at the start of the game). If it wasn't for this serious flaw in the implementation, Eight-Minute Empire would be one of the best board games on Steam. This is proven by the fact that we still play it a lot, despite these problems. However, I cannot in good faith recommend a game that is essentially broken.

Basically got this almost at the strike price point. Too bad it's so addicting it's beating MARVEL SNAP in popularity! WHEW! Glad I got this almost at 0 dollars. It's such a good game the developers are excellent people.

This game is fun for about an hour or so, but becomes very repetitive. It has a lot of content locked behind expensive DLC and this is frankly awful. You need DLC for achievements. Games are extremely short, and gameplay features are fixed based on number of players rather than being adjustable. Honestly this game is a rip off.

A fun strategy game that does not take a bunch of time.

Such a neat little game! Quick board game fix right there.