Description
Take on the role of one of the great monarchs of the past, and show your valor! You will arrive in a vast and rich territory, but the road to the prosperity is filled with challenges.
In Brazil: Imperial, you need to construct buildings, manage resources, explore the land, create trade, acquire the support of the greatest personalities of the country, and recruit a powerful army to protect your interest against the rival states. If you make the right choices, you can complete missions to progress to a more advanced era, receiving new interesting options of development and victory points. In the end, the best monarch receives the title of Brazilian Emperor and constructs a new era of prosperity, freedom and peace!
In more detail, while playing in a modular map board that recreate real regions, you use a combination of worker placement, area majority, and individual powers to construct an empire in Brazil between the 16th and 19th centuries. You start by choosing one of the available monarchs and its personal game board and components; some monarchs are strong in combat, while others prioritize science or exploration. You receive tasks that advance you to a new era when you complete them, giving you access to more power constructions as you move into the second and third eras of the game, then you choose a starting point on the shared map.
On each turn, you can participate in an action phase and a movement phase. You manage actions on your individual game board, and you have these seven choices:
Deploy: Summon one military unit to explore and defend your territory.
Frame: Buy cards that represent famous historic figures to receive special powers and victory points.
Build: Construct farms, mines, cities, and other structures to generate resources and do other things.
Renovate: Overhaul an old building to produce new resources.
Manufacture: Produce basic resources — wood, sugar cane, cotton, or coffee — to receive victory points, improve your "action arches", and have raw material for more valuable products.
Harbor: Go to the port to receive a small amount of basic resources.
Trade: Sell your basic resources to receive gold and special cards to improve your empire.
During the movement phase, you can explore hidden places or attack other players. For combat, you check the power of the troops involved in the conflict to determine the winner, with cards being able to modify these values. Once a player completes their goals in the third era, the game ends and players tally their scores.
Brazil: Imperial was developed with the concept of it being "Euro X", a new style of game that combines Eurogames (in which you collect and manage resources) and 4x games (in which you explore, expand, exploit and exterminate). A new concept of maps was also introduced in this game. All maps are different and created with modular boards that recreate real regions of Brazil and the world. Each game you can focus on resource management, combat, or a combination of both, depending on your choice of monarch and the interaction with other players.
Rental Information
Game rental is charged per week (7 days) with a minimum rental period of 1 week and a maximum rental period of 8 weeks per booking.
Rentals are available for pick-up after 12pm the day after you place your order. If you require same day collection please contact us to discuss before placing your order.
Rentals must be picked-up and dropped-off in person at Crafted Coffee which is located at 121 Blenheim Road, Christchurch, 8025.
Crafted Coffee's standard opening hours are:
7am - 2:30pm Monday to Friday
10am - 2pm Saturday
Closed - Sunday
Hours may change on public holidays. You can contact Crafted Coffee on 03 348 4833.
A 10% discount will automatically be applied to all rentals taken for more than 4 weeks. Discounts can only be applied at the initial time of booking and can not be applied at a later point.
We do our best to ensure every game is complete and fully playable but if you do find anything wrong with the game that prevents you playing it please let us know as soon as possible. We are happy to refund any hire fees once the game has been returned. Please advise us if you wish to return a game. You are responsible for the game until it arrives back at Meepleopolis. We will refund or credit only once we have received the game and determined its condition.
If you buy from us the same game you rented within 7 days of the rental period ending we will apply a discount on the purchase price equal to one week of the rental cost. Discount will stack with your member discounts, no other discounts or promotions will stack with this discount. The purchase is dependent on stock availability for which we make no guarantees.
You are responsible for returning the rented game(s) on time - by the end of the rental period. Failure to return the rental on time will incur late return charges. Late return charges are set at 200% of the rental price paid for each week (or part of) of late return.
If some components of the game(s) go missing and can be replaced from the manufacturer you will be charged for these replacements, if required. Due to some manufacturer replacement policies, it may be necessary to replace the entire game should some pieces get lost or damaged. You acknowledge, understand and accept this risk. If you should receive a game where there are pieces missing then please notify us promptly.
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