History, distilled.
Annhexation is a historical turn-based hex 4X built on a single principle: every system should fit in your head. Complexity comes from how rules interact on the map, not from twelve menus and a rulebook you can use as a door stop. Eight civilisations. Three victory paths. 300 turns. One evening.
What you get
Eight leaders, eight styles - Caesar's roads and legions. Genghis Khan's cavalry. Elizabeth's navy. Cleopatra's monuments. Each civilisation plays differently from turn one.
Three ways to win — Domination (take every capital), Science (build a space ship and leave), or Score (the highest civilisation when the clock runs out).
Tight, deterministic combat — Terrain matters. Unit selection matters. The same inputs always produce the same outputs. No save-scumming the dice.
Grow your empire - Build wonders, hold ground, and watch neighbouring tiles defect. Soft power that bites.
2-4 hour games - Designed to be finished, not abandoned at turn 200 because the kids need feeding.
Single and Multiplayer - Play against up to 7 AI empires, each with their own flavour, or crush your friends in multiplayer.
The game is DLC free - No adding systems that should have been included from the start as paid DLC, any and all additions and updates will be to the core game.
For people who
Loved Civ II and Master of Orion and have noticed the genre get fatter, not better.
Want a strategy game that respects your time.
Don't want to spend 8 weeks learning the rules.