This is our third and final battle of the 2020 tournament. Due to the performance of our players in the first two games, we elected to try a modified unit database and try some rule variations. After obtaining unanimous approval, the changes were implemented by the moderator and action started. With that, this tournament will…
The second game of our Empire Deluxe Tournament 2020 is complete and it is a stalemate. This round had more set matches declared than Game One and more aggressive expansion during mid-game. It was the first play through where players used both the horizontal and vertical wrapping in their strategies with naval action taking center…
Our first game of EDT 2020 has been completed and, depending on which player you were watching, it was either a nail biter or a slumberfest. Our players have already debriefed and declared a winner. They have started Round 2 which will conclude in the next two days and the results will be posted. As…
Today is the start of our yearly Empire Deluxe Championship Tournament. Played on the final two weeks of every year, the top players from the leader board pit themselves against each other in a moderated game to determine who will carry the title of Empire Champion for the next twelve months. This year’s tournament is…
With our end of year tournament just a month away, the first draft of the re-written tournament rules has been posted to the website. There is still more to come with this guide, and it still needs proof reading, but it includes 90% of the rule changes needed to move from classic Empire Deluxe to…
I am still struggling to find free time as it is a busy time of the year as we start planning for 2021. Any time I get is being spent on changes to our end of year tournament which will most likely be virtual. My goal is to have all the rules posted publicly which…
This is the final and conclusive game of our 2019 tournament. This was the longest and hardest fought of the three, requiring a solid three days to complete. It was the only one to result in no capitals being taken by another player. It may not go down as one of our most indecisive or…
Week Two saw an equally competitive game with all six players opting to participate in the follow up. There are some minor changes to the starting locations. This game would see air power become the deciding factor in victory as well as the return of infantry slogs. In the end it didn’t matter who chose…
Our opening session saw six players attempting to take control on the Meer Sea. This is the first time in several years we will have every playable slot filled with a human opponent. We all expected turns to be longer as more players means more time per round. Moreover, we learned during the preliminaries that…
It’s that time of the year again when we play the annual Empire Deluxe tournament. For those unaware, this is a tradition started 11 years ago by a few of us tech geeks that were scheduled to work in a data-center with no access to an outside network. To pass time we played a game…
