MEGA EMPIRES: THE WEST is a board game for 5 to 9 players that covers the development of the Western ancient civilizations over a time span of 8000 years. The players lead their civilizations, as they expand and collapse, from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, to the end of the Iron Age. The map board of THE WEST stretches from the Iberian peninsula in the West up to the Caspian Coast and the Nile Delta in the East. From the snowy Scandinavian wastelands in the North up to the Sahara in the South. The playable civilizations include, among others, The Romans, The Egyptians, The Minoans and the Celts.