Space conquest games are ten a penny, including some of the best war board games around, like Twilight Imperium and Eclipse. But for all their glory, they tend to follow a formula known as 4X: explore ...

An example of a complex table state using elements of The Blighted Reach expansion for Arcs. Photo: Charlie Hall/Polygon Arcs: Conflict and Collapse in the Reach is yet another radical attempt at ...

Arcs: Collapse and Conflict in the Void is a quick-playing strategy game set in space. Players take on the role of scrappy spacefaring societies, each one attempting to achieve galactic supremacy. The ...