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Maharaja
Family Night Choice

Maharaja

Designed by Rex A. Martin, Craig Sandercock

Published by The Avalon Hill Game Co, Descartes Editeur

Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach

Players

3-5

Community Snapshot

Best with 3–4
Medium complexity
~240 min
6.2 on BGG (493)
Some text

Language Editions

EnglishFrench

Categories

Age of Reason
Set in the 17th–18th century Enlightenment — exploration, colonialism, and scientific revolution.
Ancient
Set in ancient civilizations — Rome, Greece, Egypt, or other pre-medieval eras.
Medieval
Set in the Middle Ages — castles, knights, feudal politics, and trade.
Pike and Shot
Set in the pike-and-shot era (1400s–1700s) — early gunpowder warfare, musketeers, and formation tactics.
Post-Napoleonic
Set in the 19th century after Napoleon — Victorian era, industrialization, and colonial expansion.
Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.

How It Plays

Area Majority / Influence

You're competing to have the most presence in key areas on the board — think of it like a friendly turf war.

Area Movement

You move your pieces across different regions on the board, trying to position yourself in the best spots.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Variable Player Powers

Each player has unique abilities that make their experience different — finding the best way to use yours is half the fun.

About This Game

Based on the highly successful Britannia, which dealt with the migrations of peoples into the British Isles from the Romans to the Normans, Maharaja employs much the same system, transferred to a different geography and time period. The map depicts the Indian sub-continent from the foothills of the Himalayas to the island of Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon, Serendib). The time period covered runs from the Aryan invasions of 1500 BC to the establishment of the British Raj in the mid-1800s.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Play Time

240 min

Complexity

2.7 / 5

Rating

6.2

Year

1994

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