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   A Brief History of the World (2009)

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Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 3 to 6 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Catch the Leader, Closed Drafting, Critical Hits and Failures, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Hidden Victory Points, Income, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Ownership, Set Collection, Simulation, Stat Check Resolution, Take That, Turn Order: Role Order, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Variable Set-up, Victory Points as a Resource und Zone of Control...

Game Data

Average time to play: 180
Minimum age: 10
Number of players: 3 - 6
Publisher: Ragnar Brothers, Spiral Galaxy Games
Designers: Gary Dicken, Steve Kendall, Phil Kendall
Artists: Peter Dennis
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Catch the Leader, Closed Drafting, Critical Hits and Failures, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Hidden Victory Points, Income, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Ownership, Set Collection, Simulation, Stat Check Resolution, Take That, Turn Order: Role Order, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Variable Set-up, Victory Points as a Resource, Zone of Control
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A Brief History Of The World is just that: a sweeping ride through the history of mankind in the space of just a few hours. The game features fifty of the mightiest Empires ever known, from the dawn of Civilisation through to the Twentieth Century - Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Imperial Rome, the Huns and Mongols, the Arabs and the Ottoman Turks, the dynasties of China and kingdoms of India, Incas and Aztecs, Portugal and Spain, France, Britain, and Germany. Can you take on the mantle of Alexander or Caesar, Genghis Khan or Napoleon? Can you write your name into the pages of history and lead your Empires to victory? Components include: Giant Map Board 180 plastic playing pieces 130 card counters - 32 Area Values * 5 x Epoch 1 * 2 x Epoch 2 * 6 x Epoch 3 * 4 x Epoch 4 * 4 x Epoch 5 * 11 x Epoch 6 - 30 City/Capitals - 20 Monuments (4 types x 5) - 20 Forts - 18 Bonus tokens (1's, 2's 3's - 6 of each) - 6 Gold Markers (1 in each player colour) - 4 Fleets 42 Empire cards (6 epochs, 7 cards per epoch) 54 Event cards (6 epochs, 7 cards per epoch, plus 12 initial events) 6 Epoch maps 6 Six sided dice 4 Plastic Stands 1 Epoch chart 1 Array This is a significantly revised version of History of the World. Re-implements: History of the World

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Last Updated: 2025-08-13 23:02:55 UTC

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