Questions tagged [through-the-ages]
Through the ages is a civilization building game. Each player attempts to build the best civilization though careful resource management, discovering new technologies, electing the right leaders, building wonders and maintaining a strong military. Weakness in any area can be exploited by your opponents. It can be played with 2 to 4 players.
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Power strength too important in Through the Ages
In Through the Ages, there are some optional rules to prevent power is too important, e.g. by not ganging up on the weakest player.
However, still a lot of event cards affect the weakest and ...
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Civilization - Through the Ages with old game [duplicate]
I own the 'old' version of Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization from 2006.
There is also a new version (Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization) from 2015.
Some rules have been added and ...
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PvP strategy for Through the Ages [closed]
I recently purchased the Steam version of the board game so I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post my question.
I’ve been successful in winning vs the AIs; however, am struggling ...
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What is the no agressive variant (Peaceful Variant)?
Yesterday I played on Board Game Arena a non agressive variant of the game. The only difference I saw was a lack of wonders of age A (that could be just luck) and no agression cards.
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What is timing for Global Conflicts Variant in through the ages?
When playing the Global Conflicts Variant (in the Handbook) points are awarded at the end of Ages 1,2 and 3 for relative military strength. However what is the timing of this.
Does this happen as ...
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What are the major changes between Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization and the first game?
Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is described as a new edition of Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization. What are the major changes between the two versions?
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Do Age II or earlier events happen at the end of the game?
The front page of the "Through the Ages - A New Story of Civilization" Code of Laws says, at the end of the game:
All Age III events in the current and next events deck are evaluated in any order.
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Can Scientific Cooperation happen when there's no science to share?
The text for the Scientific Cooperation Pact reads:
Every time one of the civilizations plays a technology, it pays 2
science less and the other civilization pays 1 science.
What happens if the ...
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Reign of Terror on Through the Ages
On the "Reign of Terror" event, do you lose one worker from the worker pool or the population bank?
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What should I be trying to do strategically in Through the Ages?
I played Through the Ages for the third time last night and am struggling to come up with a decent strategy to assist in winning. I am not sure if my problem is due to the random nature of the events ...
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