Civilization Board Game Tactical Strategy for Ages 14 Plus 2 to 4 Players

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1. libraryorder Verified Buyer – 16 March 2024

   Good game. We all enjoyed playing.
   

2. Persio Bisono Verified Buyer – 3 August 2024

   Lets start by saying that I’m a big Civilization fan, so the theme and scene is very familiar to me, so when I found out about a Civ board game there was a rush in me to buy it. If you are a fan of Civilization by Cid Meier games, you will find a theme rich and complex game in this. The other thing I have to say is that I only played (and will ever play) this game with the expansion. In my investigations pre-buy the reviews made it very clear that the expansion Terra Incognita fixed many of the problems and ambiguities of the base game and ads many well received mechanics. Now with review: The game put you in the shoes of civilization with unique advantages and leave you to form your own path to victory. The victory conditions are card that put and objective in the beginning. The first to complete this conditions, win; in a sense is a race to the finish. This is a long game, you should see yourself playing with friend for about 2.5-5 hours, in that sense is a epic game. One of my biggest complains with the game are the rules and how to learn them. The core system is easy and full of choice, you always have 5 (6 with the expansion) options that determinate your actions. The problem comes when there are a lot terms and in between the lines rules that affect the game and the rules fails to explain them. I short the rules book is a mess that gets worse with the expansion. Learning to play the game take like 1-2 hours of play time until you know what to do. When you do play, and you do understand the systems, it runs smooth like a well oil machine. The 5 options system is really cool and you should play it to really understand. The components in this game standard good. Like any Civilization game, you immerse yourself in the shoes of a leader and in the passing of the game you will fell your civilization growth, with your first city to you lv4 technology cards. The many leaders and win conditions makes for a long running game that have a lot of replay ability. Is you have a group that enjoys the thrill of building a civilization and have the patience to learn the rules by trial and error, this is a good game for that.

   

3. Rudi Frank Verified Buyer – 29 November 2024

   After I pulled the box out of the boardgamesweekly.com box, it had a large gash across the front of the box, and it appears as if the plastic had melted to the front cover of the box.

   

4. Keith P. Verified Buyer – 1 December 2024

   Very involved, steep learning curve, all the pieces! Many things to keep in mind while playing, many ways to win, never the same game twice, very versatile game board, many different leaders and wonders that give handicaps or benefits that change even more aspects. All of these features mean you have to keep in mind a lot of details and make this game something you’ll play with the same people over and over, it’s not a quick board game for a party. They did a fairly good job of keeping a lot of classic civilization functions in a board game format. Good quality materials, pieces function well, but you may want to purchase a lot of little zip lock bags or some sort of organizer to help with game set up. There is one red wonder that seems to put the win in the bag for the player who gets it first. This one allows any card’s action to be played a second time if you originally played it in the fifth slot – this basically means you play twice every turn if you set it up right and gives a major advantage that does seem unevenly overpowered compared to other wonders. No regrets in buying this though.
   

5. Marie L. Verified Buyer – 13 January 2025

   My son is a huge Civilization video game fan, and saved his own money to purchase this game. The pieces are durable, similar quality you would expect from an Arkham Horror or Twilight Imperium. My son did the setup and read the rules on his own and found the game to be easily playable even as it is more complex in its dynamics than a more conventional board game (Like Monopoly).
   

6. James A Hoffmann Verified Buyer – 2 March 2025

   If you love the computer version, then this game will be a lot of fun. There are a lot of rules and setting up takes time. Games will take a long time to play. But games are very engaging and fun once you learn the rules. There are a lot of strategies. Each civ has a special bonus like in the computer version. So each civ offers a unique play style. The game has wonders, techs, city-states, that you will recognize from the computer version. The game also uses modular map pieces that allow you to create random maps by assembling different pieces like a puzzle. This offers a lot of replayability. The two big weaknesses in the game are the lack of any real military play. There are no military units. You just roll the dices to “attack” a tile. I wish the game had military units. The other weakness is the lack of containers for all the tokens. There are a lot of different tokens and once you remove them, they will be loose in the box. I recommend getting some small ziplock bags to put all the tokens in. It will really help you organize everything nicely.
   

7. Anon Fisher Verified Buyer – 3 March 2025

   Ponía que era de segunda mano, pero lo único que tenía de segunda mano era que le habían quitado era el envoltorio. Todo sin tocar. Juego muy difícil de conseguir y al final lo encontré a precio increíble.
   

8. Andrea Galizi Verified Buyer – 11 March 2025

   Non fate come me, che preso dall’enfasi di un nuovo gioco Civilization ho proceduto questa volta all’acquisto senza informarmi o leggere recensioni, memore di quanto mi fossero piaciuti i precedenti. Le possibilità di scelta sono notevolmente inferiori rispetto ai suoi predecessori e si ha la netta sensazione di aver fra le mani un prodotto incompleto che non aspetta altro che mungere il nostro portafoglio con future espansioni. Le civiltà sono poche, la nuova meccanica di scelta sul come progredire la nostra civiltà è orribile, carina la componentistica e la meccanica di gestione dei barbari ma nulla di più. Sembra più un boardgame introduttivo. Non si sente minimamente il senso di progresso e credo che ciò la dica tutta. Una grande occasione mancata.
   

9. Franklin Marmol Verified Buyer – 23 March 2025

   I recieve my box with a noticiable dent on the box. The inside are ok, but i collect board games and i like to keep my boxes spotless. 3 Star for the box, if the box were fine 5/5

   

10. Carlos Colmenares Verified Buyer – 28 March 2025

    I love this game, it gives a really cool civilization feel, totally recommend it! Much better than tapestry.
    

11. Daniel Verified Buyer – 15 April 2025

    It is more complex that Katan but still a good game to play with family and friends.