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Final Conquest spans empires that covered Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
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Players must recruit an army and acquire fertile land to sustain their people. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
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The game centres on empires including Rome, Sparta and Carthage and on leaders including Caesar, Boudica and Cyrus the Great
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The board game seeks to tell the history of each leader and empire to its players
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'We would stay until 4am just tweaking and playing,” says Nijoud Aiman
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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
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Final Conquest spans empires that covered Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ISZMHOBNUHU23NFDE3KL6GTBKQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=f02c99fd85ce16e42c73d585dc99a45d82b012accfe496a1045533640366c6e6&width=400&height=225)
Players must recruit an army and acquire fertile land to sustain their people. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WALQAEOBCPKPNLSWRCKOEMYGEU.jpg?smart=true&auth=e3a0bc1e95cf91109b409340b2b875e357d0aaf61c694236c76b3317073f7607&width=400&height=225)
The game centres on empires including Rome, Sparta and Carthage and on leaders including Caesar, Boudica and Cyrus the Great
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/C3R2K77Z5MUEEYXXE4ZV33CNQM.jpg?smart=true&auth=55009083d87613c53d8335b0d1cd002bad18f91a306cc8c2970661e018705cec&width=400&height=225)
The board game seeks to tell the history of each leader and empire to its players
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/B6XG7Y63IWAUFFE3RKNLGSIL3Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=e1d4dde80b3e9997e7911f348554745f996d961201dc3e62d19d26ed643c74c2&width=400&height=225)
'We would stay until 4am just tweaking and playing,” says Nijoud Aiman
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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
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7JHDULW4IGHK6QUGLNFFRA3ZQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=ffb36f4b3aa228d3111e2e75c18d0ac5e8f101d9ea4b17b54ecce8f917e90bb6&width=400&height=225)
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
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Haneen Dajani
30 January, 2020
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