Space Empires (board game)

[1] Space Empires, a microgame packaged in a ziplock bag, has the following components:[3] Each player randomly draws two of the races, and places their ships on their home worlds.

[4] One of their next products was 1981's Space Empires, a microgame designed by Neil Zimmerer, with cover art by Lois Griffin.

"[1] In Issue 27 of Simulacrum, Brian Train noted, "If you can get past the idea of starships having Zones of Control and the simple AR/DR/EX Combat Results Table, you will have fun with this.

"[5] David Lent and Len Krol of Centurion's Review found the game easy to learn, calling it "a space version of Risk".

Although this is standard in land-based wargames, Lent and Krol found its use "bizarre in an outer space-based game.