{"product_id":"romance-of-the-nine-empires","title":"Romance of the Nine Empires","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/mark-wootton\"\u003eMark Wootton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/aeg\"\u003eAEG\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2-5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e45 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExpansions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/romance-of-the-nine-empires-arcane-fire\"\u003eRomance of the Nine Empires: Arcane Fire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e143701\/romance-of-the-nine-empires\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/1420387\/romance-of-the-nine-empires\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis description's a bit tricky, so let's take it in stages...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountermay: The Tapestry of Worlds, the crossroads of civilizations beyond imagining. After a thousand years of war, Countermay is dying. Battles, curses, extraterrestrial parasites, demonic influence, and other hazards have ruined much of the planet. The food is running out, and the threat of starvation looms. The only way to save Countermay is to seize undisputed control. Until then, armies march, fed with the ever-dwindling food as they churn farmland into mud with their boots. Can you save Countermay from its invitable doom?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRomance of the Nine Empires\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a fictitious interactive collectible card game (CCG) set in the fantasy world of Countermay. In the game, players assume command of one of nine vastly different warring factions — including steampunk aliens, a dark god-king's crusade of conversion, displaced WWII-era American GIs, and a risen empire of the undead — to expand, glorify, or defend their empires. Through its fictitious fifteen-year history, players have shaped the world of Countermay through their individual and collective achievements, and the results are reflected in the story and the current state of the empires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRomance of the Nine Empires\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the \u003cem\u003eLegend of the Five Rings\u003c\/em\u003e CCG and was created for use in the movie \u003cem\u003eThe Gamers: Hands of Fate\u003c\/em\u003e, mimicking the way that \u003cem\u003eL5R\u003c\/em\u003e tournament results affect the actual story in future expansions of that CCG but allowing the movie creators more freedom to design the game to match the characters in the movie. \u003cem\u003eL5R\u003c\/em\u003e publisher AEG agreed to be the in-movie publisher of the fictional \u003cem\u003eRomance of the Nine Empires\u003c\/em\u003e, but as a result of Kickstarter funding for \u003cem\u003eThe Gamers: Hands of Fate\u003c\/em\u003e, it decided to create a real-life version of \u003cem\u003eR9E\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis game represents the 15th Anniversary World Championship Edition of \u003cem\u003eRomance of the Nine Empires\u003c\/em\u003e, and (to slip into the movie storyline for a second) it holds the decks used by the top-placing players for each faction that made it to the quarterfinals at the 2012 World Championships at Gen Con Indy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":384428184,"sku":"101470","price":22.61,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Romance_of_the_Nine_Empires.jpg?v=1578608822","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/romance-of-the-nine-empires","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}