Space Empires: Close Encounters Fantasy Alexander and the Successors meet

Alexander and the Successors meet the hosts of Persians

The long-standing feud between the Bourbons and Habsburgs erupted once again as both sides pressed their claim to the throne

This game has a map that also includes North Africa and part of Asia

The map stresses the importance of fortresses in a war that was probably the high-point of formal siege warfare

Space Empires: Close Encounters Fantasy Alexander and the Successors meetSpace Empires: Close Encounters is the first expansion to Space Empires: 4X. Alien races meet up close as they encounter each other for the first time in ship boarding engagements and planetary invasions with different types of ground troops. The strengths and weaknesses of each alien empire are brought out with roughly 20 unique racial abilities. The expansion takes advantage of the streamlined nature of the game system to add more technology and