Finally a true Civ Boardgame?

Warhammer · 02-09-2010, 11:58 AM

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Played this game last night with the famly and it was a hit. My brother and two nephews are all fans of the Civ series and have been looking for a boardgame that would scratch that itch.

The game is divided into 4 eras, Ancient, Middle, Renaissance, and Modern (A, I, II, III.). Each has its own set of wonders, techs, and military units. During your turn, you get a set number of civil and military actions you can perform based upon your government and leaders. Civil actions are used to build infrastructure (farms, mines, libraries, labs, etc.) as well as population and new cards/leaders. Military actions are used to build your military or get new tactics cards (army bonus cards) into play.

There is no world map. Instead, combat is abstract. Each civilization has a strength. If you play a war or aggression card, your strength is compared to your opposition, the attacker can "sacrifice" units to gain their strength again. The defense can then match. The balancing act is how to attack without making you a target for other nations. Also, to keep from beating up the low man on the totem pole, you can only gain as much as the loser loses in a war. The result is that military affects everything in the game, but is not overpowering. It is possible to have low military or high military games. What you do not want to do, is have a bunch of something (science, culture, infrastructure, etc.) without a means of protecting it.

The winner is the nation with the most culture at the end of the game.

I figured I would give everyone a heads up since I know there are a fair number of Civ and boardgamers on the forums.

ISiddiqui · 02-09-2010, 11:59 AM

Wasn't Civ originally based on a boardgame?

Warhammer · 02-09-2010, 03:12 PM

Very loosely on AH Civilization which you cannot find. This plays in 4 hours rather than 12.

Mustang · 02-09-2010, 03:38 PM

Damn Warhammer.. you just discover Monopoly too???

Shkspr · 02-09-2010, 04:15 PM

It's worse than that. He just discovered this game called Warhammer.

path12 · 02-09-2010, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warhammer

Very loosely on AH Civilization which you cannot find. This plays in 4 hours rather than 12.

I have a copy of AH Civilization. I think it's only partially punched. There was never a chance I was going to find enough people to play it but I kept buying 'em anyways.

mrsimperless · 02-09-2010, 07:43 PM

AH Civilization == Advanced Civilization?

Played Advanced Civilization in college and also had the pc version at one point in time. It was a very combat unfriendly game as you couldn't really win by conquest. Trading was key.

Passacaglia · 02-09-2010, 10:06 PM

Trading was fun in that -- as long as everyone knew when to quit. I liked the fact that you didn't need to do any conquest or have a spacious empire to win.

Daimyo · 02-10-2010, 08:14 PM

I've had TtA for at least a year now and still haven't played it once.

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mrsimperless College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2003	AH Civilization == Advanced Civilization? Played Advanced Civilization in college and also had the pc version at one point in time. It was a very combat unfriendly game as you couldn't really win by conquest. Trading was key. __________________ "All I know is that smart women are hot. Susan Polgar beat me in 24 moves in a simultaneous exhbition. I slept with the scoresheet under my pillow." Off some dude's web site.

02-09-2010, 03:12 PM	#3
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Very loosely on AH Civilization which you cannot find. This plays in 4 hours rather than 12.

02-09-2010, 04:15 PM	#5
Shkspr College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Amarillo, TX	It's worse than that. He just discovered this game called Warhammer.

02-09-2010, 10:06 PM	#8
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Trading was fun in that -- as long as everyone knew when to quit. I liked the fact that you didn't need to do any conquest or have a spacious empire to win.

02-10-2010, 08:14 PM	#9
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	I've had TtA for at least a year now and still haven't played it once.

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