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Final Conquest spans empires that covered Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Players must recruit an army and acquire fertile land to sustain their people. All photos by Victor Besa / The National

The game centres on empires including Rome, Sparta and Carthage and on leaders including Caesar, Boudica and Cyrus the Great

The board game seeks to tell the history of each leader and empire to its players

'We would stay until 4am just tweaking and playing,” says Nijoud Aiman

Final Conquest was a labour of love for board games fan Mohamed Al Qadhi, who believes it is the first to come out of the Emirates

Final Conquest spans empires that covered Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Players must recruit an army and acquire fertile land to sustain their people. All photos by Victor Besa / The National

The game centres on empires including Rome, Sparta and Carthage and on leaders including Caesar, Boudica and Cyrus the Great

The board game seeks to tell the history of each leader and empire to its players

'We would stay until 4am just tweaking and playing,” says Nijoud Aiman

Final Conquest was a labour of love for board games fan Mohamed Al Qadhi, who believes it is the first to come out of the Emirates

Final Conquest spans empires that covered Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

Emirati's own 'game of thrones' taps into growing global board games market

Conqueror: Final Conquest relies on skill, cunning and the roll of a dice to recreate the great battles of history

January 30, 2020

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