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- 8.2
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Mega Empires: The Special Buildings is an expansion for Mega Civilization released in 2025. It was designed by Flo de Haan.
About the game
Mega Empires: The West/The East - The Special Buildings is an expansion set that is compatible with Mega Empires: The West (2019), Mega Empires: The East (2021) and Mega Civilization (2015). It contains a set of 18 unique miniatures of ancient buildings historically associated with each of the empires in the game that add depth to gameplay, along with a set of rules. This expansion reimplements Western Empires: The Special Buildings Expansion (2019) and Eastern Empires: The Special Buildings Expansion (2019) and combines them into a single set. The product contains revised rules (also available as download) and a board for storing the buildings during play. —description from the designers
Designers
Publishers
- Ares Games
Questions and answers
Mega Empires: The Special Buildings has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Mega Empires: The Special Buildings belongs to these categories: Miniatures, Ancient, and City Building. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Mega Empires: The Special Buildings and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Mega Empires: The Special Buildings are: Flo de Haan. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Mega Empires: The Special Buildings as an expansion for Mega Civilization. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Mega Civilization to use it. Check that your edition of Mega Civilization is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.