来自出版商的介绍：

《沙丘：帝国》是一个基于“沙丘宇宙”的设定创作的桌面游戏。它艺术形象来自传奇影业预计于2021年上映的最新电影《沙丘》，而整个沙丘故事最早发端于弗兰克·赫伯特，布莱恩·赫伯特以及凯文·J·安德森的同名系列小说。

作为兰兹拉德某个大家族的领袖，你的工作包括树立旗帜、统帅士兵和调遣间谍。战争即将来临，而冲突的核心区域就在厄拉科斯，也就是那个被俗称为“沙丘”的沙漠行星。

《沙丘：帝国》在传统的工人放置类型的桌面游戏中，通过牌组构筑带来的未知信息加入了更多的策略成分。

游戏开始时，你会选取一个独一无二的领袖牌，以及和其他玩家完全相同的一套起始牌组。在游戏过程中，你可以获得新的卡牌，从而构筑你个人的牌组。你的诸多决策将会为你带来各种力量或者弱点。而通过打出卡牌，你可以派遣特使前往游戏面板上的特定区域，因此你的牌组构筑将会影响你的决策空间。你可能会拥有强大的军事力量，从而比你的对手部署更多的部队。你也可以利用卡牌建立起针对四大中立阵营的影响力。这四大阵营分别是：皇帝，宇航公会，贝尼·杰瑟里特姐妹会，以及弗雷曼人。

和很多其他的牌组构筑游戏不同，你通常并不会在轮到你行动时一口气打出全部卡牌。在特使派遣阶段时，每个人只是轮流打出一张牌并派遣一个特使。当轮到你行动，而你没有想要派遣的特使时，你才会进入展示阶段，此时和传统的牌组构筑游戏一样，你可以打出全部手牌，结算效果，获得购买卡牌的费用（在这个游戏中被称作影响力），以及战斗阶段所需要的战斗力。战斗力可以帮助让你在本回合的战斗阶段中取得相应的名次，从而获得本回合所展示的冲突牌上所表明的奖励。

在战斗中取胜，精心策划各个阵营的影响力，购买宝贵的“香料永流传”卡牌获取胜利分数，带领你的家族走向胜利吧！

Description from the Boardgamegeek：

Dune: Imperium is a game that finds inspiration in elements and characters from the Dune legacy, both the new film from Legendary Pictures and the seminal literary series from Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson.

As a leader of one of the Great Houses of the Landsraad, raise your banner and marshal your forces and spies. War is coming, and at the center of the conflict is Arrakis – Dune, the desert planet.

Dune: Imperium uses deck-building to add a hidden-information angle to traditional worker placement.

You start with a unique leader card, as well as deck identical to those of your opponents. As you acquire cards and build your deck, your choices will define your strengths and weaknesses. Cards allow you to send your Agents to certain spaces on the game board, so how your deck evolves affects your strategy. You might become more powerful militarily, able to deploy more troops than your opponents. Or you might acquire cards that give you an edge with the four political factions represented in the game: the Emperor, the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit, and the Fremen.

Unlike many deck-building games, you don’t play your entire hand in one turn. Instead, you draw a hand of cards at the start of every round and alternate with other players, taking one Agent turn at a time (playing one card to send one of your Agents to the game board). When it’s your turn and you have no more Agents to place, you’ll take a Reveal turn, revealing the rest of your cards, which will provide Persuasion and Swords. Persuasion is used to acquire more cards, and Swords help your troops fight for the current round’s rewards as shown on the revealed Conflict card.

Defeat your rivals in combat, shrewdly navigate the political factions, and acquire precious The Spice Must Flow cards to lead your House to victory!