For all players who already know Imperial, the main differences between Imperial and Imperial 2030 are listed below. The complete imperial rules are here.
Loans: Each State has an additional loan of over 30 million with a interest rate of 9 million. 30%
Rondell: If a state wants to advance more than 3 fields, the costs are now: (1 + power factor) in millions.
Tax: The bonus for governments at Imperial 2030 does not depend on the increase in tax revenue. Instead, there is a fixed bonus for each tax deposit that can be read on the control bar. Therefore, the tax revenue of the respective states does not have to be marked with a toy stone. Furthermore, the bonus for players is not paid from the bank, but from the state fund. If the money of the state fund is not sufficient, the player receives less or even no bonus. (As a variant can also be played with the bonus rule by Imperial.)
The States have only 4 home provinces at Imperial 2030, so they can build a maximum of 4 factories. On the other hand, there are much more neutral land and sea regions than Imperial. Since the earth is round, there is a connection from the left to the right side of the plan at Imperial 2030. There is no connection in the north-south direction.
There is the Panama and the Suez Canal. Both fleets and armies can be drawn in the convoy through these channels. Have States flags in Colombia or Nord-Africa, they control the channels and a maneuver through the channels is only possible with their permission.
If a player has no government, he will receive a Swiss bank. With the Swiss bank, he can prevent states from crossing the Investor field and thus force them to pay interest. However, the condition is that sufficient money is available in the state fund to support all loans.
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