Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization

Overview

  • 2-4
  • 120 min
  • 14+
  • Heavy
  • Strategy

Build a civilization from scratch, balancing tech, resources, and military—because a weak army means getting raided. Perfect for strategy fans who love deep card-drafting and tense resource management.

How to play video

  • Best player count

    Supports 2-4 players

  • Avg play time

    Typical range 120 min

  • Weight

    BoardGameGeek complexity from light to heavy

  • Minimum age

    Manufacturer recommended minimum age

Media

Description

In Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, you guide your nation from antiquity to the modern age, carefully balancing resources to outshine your rivals. This isn't a game of maps or territory—it's a battle of wits played through card drafting, where technologies, wonders, and leaders appear and become easier to grab the longer they're available.

To advance, you'll need science to discover new tech, food to grow your population, and ore to build the structures that put it all to work. But don't get so focused on progress that you neglect your military—it's built just like civilian buildings, and a weak army makes you a target. Stronger opponents can steal your resources, science, kill your leaders, take your population, or swipe your culture. You won't lose land, but you'll lose everything else.

Victory goes to the player with the most culture at the end of the modern age. A mighty military alone won't win you the game, but a weak one will absolutely lose it. Every choice matters in this deep, rewarding strategy experience.

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