Designer	Vlaada Chvátil
Artist	Richard Cortes Paul Niemeyer
Publisher	Czech Board Games Czech Games Edition Eagle Games HomoLudicus IELLO MINDOK Pegasus Spiele Portal REBEL.pl Wargames Club Publishing Show More »
Year Published	2006
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (423 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (111 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (148 voters) [poll]
Honors	2007 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2007 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player 2008 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2010 Gra Roku Game of the Year Show More »
Subdomain	Strategy Games (186 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Civilization
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Card Drafting
Expansion	BGO Extended 2.0 expansion (fan expansion for Through the Ages) Cywilizacja: Poprzez wieki - Polski dodatek 1 Cywilizacja: Poprzez wieki - Polski dodatek 2 Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization - Czech expansion
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Alternate Names	Cywilizacja: Poprzez wieki Im Wandel der Zeiten: Eine Geschichte der Zivilisation Through the Ages : L'Histoire vous appartient Through the Ages: Příběh civilizace 歷史巨輪 / 历史巨轮
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Through the Ages is a civilization building game. The goal is to develop your civilization, not to destroy other ones. Military strength is just one aspect of your nation, as well as population, production or science. It is up to you which aspect you will concentrate on, more or less, but you should not underestimate any of them while building your civilization.

Victory is achieved by the player whose nation produces the most culture during the game. However, there are many ways to produce culture: through religion, literature or drama, by building wonders, by utilizing cultural persons etc. Considerable amount of culture can be gained even via wars or aggression.

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Printing Errors

The description of each version now lists the printing errors. The Fred English 1st printing description also has the list of what was in the Fix Pack. If you discover a printing error that isn't listed in the version description, please update that description.

History

Originally announced as "Civilization: the card game" for Essen 2006, this game stirred up quite some interest. The designer publisher has intended this game to be a "CIV-lite". It has development, economics, war, and all the other elements you'll find in a civilization game, but in four hours' play time.

Download the Rules

English: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/55064/through-the-ages-english-rulebook
German: www.pegasus-spiele.de
Spanish: BGG Files

Online Play

2010-07-30: Boardgaming Online: Boardgaming Online

2010-08-17: VASSAL module (version 2.49): Through the Ages v. 2.49

Cyberboard Gamebox: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/42335

Cyberboard ver 2 Gamebox: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/42070

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BGG PBEM Guild: Through the Ages Guild

Awards

2007: International Gamers Award

2010: Gra Roku

2010: Juego del Año Tico

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Contents (2008 & 2009 Edition)

1 Gameboard
1 Rulebook
275 Wooden Counters:
- 120 Yellow
- 90 Blue
- 35 White
- 30 Red
40 Player Cubes (10 × 4 Colors)
4 Player Mats
4 Reference Cards
341 Cards:
- 185 Civil
- 155 Military
- 1 Start Player

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Cywilizacja: Poprzez wieki

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Polish second edition

Publisher: Portal, REBEL.pl

Artist: Richard Cortes, Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2011

Size: 12.00 x 10.00 x 2.00 inches

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Chinese Edition

Publisher: Wargames Club Publishing

Artist: Richard Cortes, Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2010

Product Code: WCP 0906S

Size: 12.20 x 8.66 x 2.17 inches

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Through the Ages : L'Histoire vous appartient

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French edition

Publisher: IELLO

Artist: Richard Cortes, Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2010

Size: Medium Rectangle (e.g. Agricola)

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Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization

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English Third printing

Publisher: Eagle Games

Artist: Richard Cortes, Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2009

Product Code: 101053N

Size: 12.25 x 8.75 x 2.25 inches

3.80 pounds

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Im Wandel der Zeiten: Eine Geschichte der Zivilisation

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German first edition

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele

Artist: Richard Cortes, Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2009

Size: 14.57 x 10.63 x 2.95 inches

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45 nouvelles cartes version françaises

Pour impression personnelle, sur feuille A4. Compression et corrections. PAGE1, Dirigeants Age A: Archimede, Ashoka, Confucius, Ramses 1er, Ramsess II Age I : Marco Polo, Charlemagne, N. Copernic, I. de Castille, Kublai Khan, F. Magellan, Manco Capac Age II : T. Jefferson, B. Franklin, J. Watt PAGE 2, Dirigeants : Age A : Pericles Age II : Richelieu, Tokugawa Ieyasu Age III : T. Cook, Jean Paul II, Marie Curie, P. Coubertin, Ho Chi Minh Merveilles Age A : Teothiuacan Age III : Empire State Building, ONU, SETI Tactiques : Age I : Croises Age II : Hussards, Tirailleurs PAGE 3, Pour impression personnelle, sur feuille A4. Merveilles Age A : Biskupin, le Colisee, l'Oracle, le Parthenon, Stonehedge, Teothiuacan Age I : La citee interdite, Chichen Itza, Angkor...

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2011-05-23

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Cywilizacja: Poprzez wieki - Polski dodatek 2

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Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization - Czech expansion

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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Im-Wandel...	2011-09-07
Using Games to Teach: Through the Ages- A Story of Civilization	http://growingupgamers.blogspot.com/2011/08/using-...	2011-08-25
Overview and Brief Play Example on Ludocracy Now!	http://ludocracynow.tumblr.com/post/9383942717/gam...	2011-08-25
Czech review of Through the Ages on DeskoveHry.com	http://www.deskovehry.com/s-pribehem/269/recenze-t...	2011-08-09
French review at Jedisjeux.net	http://www.jedisjeux.net/through-the-ages-t-3368.h...	2011-08-03
How to Play Podcast	http://howtoplaypodcast.com/episodes/episodes-21-3...	2011-07-19
Polish tutorial PART 3 at www.GamesFanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2011/07/06/cywilizacja-...	2011-07-07
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