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Resigned pieces all pointing at their respective owner to help a colourblind player
Part of my Western Civilization class playing BHotW.
Box Base
Close up (Essen 2009)
The game in progress -- one group from my Western Civilizations is near the end of the Third Epoch.
Gameboard, and homemade dicetrays and scoreboard
Presentation at Spiel '09 in Essen featuring the designers
Middle Game
A Brief History of the World

A Brief History of the World (2009)

Players
3–6
Best: 6
Playing time
90–180 min
Age
10+
6.86
Average rating
970
Ratings
2.86/5
Weight
#3935
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Designer:Gary Dicken, Steve Kendall, Phil Kendall
Artist:Peter Dennis
Publisher:Ragnar Brothers +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 8, Interaction 9, Complexity 5.7, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck8.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity5.7
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

CivilizationWargameMedievalAncientNapoleonicRenaissancePost-NapoleonicPike and ShotAge of ReasonSet CollectionHand ManagementArea MovementSimulationDice RollingArea Majority / InfluenceTake ThatTurn Order: Stat-BasedTurn Order: Role OrderOnce-Per-Game AbilitiesStat Check ResolutionCritical Hits and FailuresVictory Points as a ResourceEnd Game BonusesCatch the LeaderVariable Set-upIncomeOwnershipZone of ControlClosed DraftingHidden Victory Points

Overview

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.

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