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Designed By: Vlaada (Vladimír) Chvátil
Published By: Pegasus Spiele
CzechBoardGames
FRED Distribution
# of Players: 2 - 4
Playing Time: 180 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 12 and up
Category: Card Game
Civilization
Mechanics: Action Point Allowance System
Card Drafting
Other Names:
穿梭時空:文明的故事
Im Wandel der Zeiten
時代を超えて 文明の物語

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Originally announced as "Civilization: the card game" for Essen 2006, this game stirred up quite some interest. "Through the Ages" seems to be the final title of the game.
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 three hours play time.

A few quotes from the publisher's website:

"The goal is to develop your own civilization, not to destroy the other ones. The military strength is just one aspect of your nation, as well as population, production or science. It is up to you which one you will concentrate more or less, but you have not to underestimate any of them to build an efficiently working nation."

"There is only one measure of success at the end – the amount of culture your nation produced during the entire game. However, there are many ways how to produce culture: through religion, literature or drama, by building wonders, by utilizing cultural persons etc. Considerable amount of culture can be gained even by wars or aggressions."

Home Page: http://www.czechboardgames.com/index.php?id=148

Awards

Winner of the 2007 International Gamers Award

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1 Enlarged TTA player mats (all four colours) v1.0
tta_enlarged_mats_v1.0.pdf
Enlarged versions of the player mats supplied with the game - so moving the counters around on them is less fiddly. These versions have been enlarged only a modest amount (25%) which is enough to make them easier to use while not taking up too much table space. Two-page .pdf file, with crop marks for cutting.
1 Culture Scoring Track Fix for 81-90
Scoring Track Fix.pdf
This file allows you to fix the scoring track for the missing culture spaces while waiting for new boards from the publisher. I used a peel and stick printer sheet. If you stick just inside (to the left) of the scoring track, there's a lot of room for these 10 spaces, although it will cover the "s" in "Ages". The board counts correctly to 80, then use these spaces up to 90, then back onto the normal board for 91-100.
4 Hholzgrafe's Aid on 2 pages for FRED's TTA
Through_the_Ages_Full.pdf
This is just an edited/reformatted version of Helen Holzgrafe's excellent aid: FRED 2-2008 Errata, Full Game Setup, and Rules Reminder Sheet (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/file/info/30465), which didn't easily fit on 2 pages for me. This version can be printed on one page (double-sided) and trimmed down to size.
0 FRED Tuckboxes.
TTA 4 Tuckboxes.zip
I just wanted 4 boxes: A, I, II and III (I keep each player's starting setup cards, along with their bits, in baggies). The tuckbox.pdf file is included so you can see where to crease/cut, in case you can't tell from the pictures themselves. Score along the crease lines, THEN cut the boxes out and glue together.
10 Through The Ages player mat - All Techs
TTAtrackFinal.pdf
New Final version. Playmat for TtA that allows all production and population beads to be slid around on a single sheet instead of being transferred from card to card. Some reference information included, and a single player mat is all thats needed for one player to begin as it replaces all starting cards. Note: Sheet is sized for A4 paper.
8 Through the Ages Complete Play Aid
Through the Ages Complete Play Aid.doc
Here is a complete play aid for Through the Ages. -Page 1 details Game Set up and the first two turns; -Pages 2-4 detail the six phases and the actions that are or can be taken in each phase -Page 4 also gives instructions for Age End, Game End and a few other details We used the aid in a game with all new players and it was very helpful. We didn't come across any errors and I don't think there are any, but please let me know if you spot anything!
11 Complete card list for Through the Ages
Through_the_Ages_card_list_v2.xls
Complete card list for Through the Ages. Version 2 updated with added card category summaries and some minor corrections. This summarizes the effects, costs, and benefits of each card and the number that appear in the game, based on the number of players. Useful for planning your strategy and verifying game components. Color coded using Paul Grogan's color scheme for easy reading. Formatted for both B&W and color printing. Special thanks to Broggi for correcting errors in the first addition, and for Octavian's civil card summary.
19 FRED 2-2008 Errata, Full Game Setup, and Rules Reminder Sheet
Through the Ages.doc
Errata for the Feb-2008 FRED Edition of the game. Has a setup summary and some reminders of the more obscure rules for the full game. A dense two page document that can be printed as a single double-sided sheet. Version 2.0 has a correction to End of Game rules.
9 Through the Ages Card Tuckboxes (FRED 2-2008 edition)
Through the Ages Tuckboxes.pdf
Tuckboxes with artwork for all cards for FRED 2-2008 edition.
3 Through the Ages GBX file with corrections
TtAGBX_corrected.zip
Our group discovered and repaired some glitches in Geoffrey Englestein's otherwise-great Cyberboard set for TtA: * MA cost on Age II War Over Culture and War Over Territory cards was incorrect. * The half-size art for the Age I Developed Territory was actually from the Age II card. * Mechanized Agriculture's science cost was 3 instead of 7.