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1985 · 2-2 players · 240min · weight 3.14 · 200 ratings
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ID
1719
Name
Dark Emperor
Year
1985
Rank
20942
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
240
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
3.1429
Num weights
21
Bayes avg
5.51488
Average
5.78775
Users rated
200
Num owned
665
Wanting
38
Wishing
86
Num comments
123
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:40:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Action PointsDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsSimulation
Categories (2)
FantasyWargame
Description (487 chars)
"Dark Emperor" is a two-player boardgame of warfare and quest in a fantasy universe. One player is a Dark Lord invading the world from another dimension; the other player must rally the kingdoms of the world to fight the invaders. There is a race-for-time aspect to the game as the Dark Emperor becomes steadily stronger whilst the opposing player scrambles to put together an alliance. The map is remarkable in that this world has obviously suffered extensive meteoric bombardment.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.