Cover art for Maharaja

Maharaja

1994 · BGG
Avg rating
6.16
Bayes rating
5.61
Weight
2.67 (Medium)
Players
3-5
Playtime
4 hr
Ratings count
486

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Description

Based on the highly successful Britannia, which dealt with the migrations of peoples into the British Isles from the Romans to the Normans, Maharaja employs much the same system, transferred to a different geography and time period. The map depicts the Indian sub-continent from the foothills of the Himalayas to the island of Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon, Serendib). The time period covered runs from the Aryan invasions of 1500 BC to the establishment of the British Raj in the mid-1800s.

Re-published in French as Maharadjah by Descartes (with new box cover).

Re-implements:

 Britannia




Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence Area Movement Dice Rolling Paper-and-Pencil Variable Player Powers

Themes

Ancient Medieval Pike and Shot

Publishers

Descartes Editeur The Avalon Hill Game Co

Designers

Craig Sandercock Rex A. Martin