Cover art for Pax Emancipation

Pax Emancipation

2018 · BGG
Avg rating
7.49
Bayes rating
5.96
Weight
4.66 (Heavy)
Players
1-3
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
660

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Description

The 7 wonders of the great civilizations were built by slave-power, and societies' need to enslave weaker neighbors went unquestioned for millennia. Until the day an audacious petition was sent to Parliament, not just to end slavery in England, but throughout the entire world! In this game, you assume the role of an abolitionist during the Age of Enlightenment, either a Parliamentarian, an evangelical, or a private philanthropist. Assign warships to blockade slave ports or intercept slave ships, install missions, trading posts, and colonies in foreign lands steeped in serfdom, challenge the institution of slavery on moral and legal grounds in courts, and sanction underground railroads, slave revolts and revolutions. Play in cooperative-competitive, cooperative, or solitaire modes. If victorious, you achieve the greatest political accomplishment in history: making slavery everywhere illegal.

—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Action Points Area Majority / Influence Cooperative Game Delayed Purchase Dice Rolling End Game Bonuses Map Deformation Melding and Splaying Move Through Deck Multi-Use Cards Open Drafting Pieces as Map Score-and-Reset Game Semi-Cooperative Game Solo / Solitaire Game Variable Player Powers Worker Placement

Themes

Age of Reason

Publishers

Fox in the Box Ion Game Design Sierra Madre Games

Designers

Phil Eklund