Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization is a board game for two to four players, designed by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Board Games in 2006. Its theme is the development of human civilization, and each player guides a civilization through progress in fields such as culture, government, leadership, religion and science. Play involves building urban buildings, governments, population, resource production and military strength by drawing and buying cards, taking each civilization through four ages from classical antiquity to the Modern Age. The game won several awards, including the International Gamers Awards in 2007 and Game of the Year in Poland in 2010, where it was published as Cywilizacja: Poprzez Wieki. An updated edition, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, appeared in 2015, and app and Steam versions followed in 2017 and 2018.
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Playing Time PublisherCzech Games Edition (CGE) 2 PublisherWargames Club Publishing 2 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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1. Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization (Wikipedia)
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Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization is a board game for 2-4 players designed by Vlaada Chvatil and published by Czech Board Games in 2006.
2. Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Vlaada Chvátil
- Publisher: Czech Board Games
- Publisher: Czech Games Edition (CGE)
- Publisher: DiceTree Games
- Publisher: Eagle-Gryphon Games
- Publisher: HomoLudicus
- Publisher: IELLO
- Publisher: MINDOK
- Publisher: Pegasus Spiele
- Publisher: Portal Games
- Publisher: Raven Distribution
- Publisher: Rebel Sp. z o.o.
- Publisher: Wargames Club Publishing
- Game Category: Civilization
- Game Category: Economic
- Game Mechanic: Action Points
- Game Mechanic: Auction / Bidding
- Game Mechanic: Auction: Dutch
- Game Mechanic: Hand Management
- Game Mechanic: Income
- Game Mechanic: Open Drafting
- Game Mechanic: Tags
- Game Mechanic: Take That
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 4
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