Pax Pamir drops you into nineteenth century Afghanistan. You play as local leaders trying to navigate foreign empires. The alliances are completely fluid. You will build armies for one empire and then betray them a turn later. The cloth map and resin pieces look stunning on the table. It is highly interactive and quite aggressive. The rules are not too long but the strategy is hard to grasp at first. It feels like a tense political knife fight. You really need to read the table. Solid choice for fans of historical themes.