Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization Board Game

About this product

Build an empire, guide history, and lead your civilization through the ages.

A deep strategy civilization board game for players who love planning, progress, politics, and big “one more turn” decisions.

Grow from a small ancient tribe into the most influential civilization by balancing science, culture, economy, military power, and leadership.

Product Description

Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is a rich civilization-building strategy board game where every choice shapes the future of your people.

Start with a small tribe and develop your society through farms, mines, new technologies, stronger governments, powerful leaders, military strength, and world wonders. You will need to build a strong economy, keep your citizens happy, advance your science, protect your borders, and grow your culture.

There is no map to conquer in the traditional way. Instead, the game focuses on smart card drafting, resource management, political timing, and long-term planning. The civilization with the most influential culture at the end of the modern age wins. The rulebook confirms that the game moves through Ages A, I, II, III, and IV, with final scoring after the last round.

Why you’ll love it

• Deep civilization strategy — build your nation across multiple historical ages.
• Meaningful decisions every turn — choose leaders, technologies, wonders, military upgrades, and political actions carefully.
• Card drafting with long-term planning — cards become easier to take the longer they stay in the row, so timing matters.
• No luck-heavy map battles — the focus is on engine building, resource balance, science, culture, and military pressure.
• Military still matters — a weak civilization can be punished through wars, aggression, and politics.
• High replay value — different leaders, wonders, cards, and rival strategies create a new story every game.
• Perfect for serious strategy gamers — ideal for players who enjoy deep, thinky, rewarding board games.

Quick Details

• Game type: Civilization strategy board game
• Players: 2–4
• Recommended age: 14+
• Play time: 120+ minutes
• Publisher: Czech Games Edition
• Designer: Vlaada Chvátil
• Theme: Civilization building, history, leadership, culture, science, politics
• Skill level: Advanced
• Expansion available: Yes — Through the Ages has expansion content available.

Good to Know

• This is a deep strategy game, best for players who enjoy long, thoughtful gameplay.
• Players manage food, resources, science, culture, happiness, military strength, civil actions, and military actions.
• The rulebook explains that players spend civil and military actions to take cards, grow population, build farms and mines, develop technology, play leaders, build wonders, and strengthen military units.
• Culture is the key to victory, but ignoring economy, science, happiness, or military defence can hurt your civilization badly.
• Best suited for experienced board gamers, strategy lovers, and players who enjoy long-term planning.

What’s in the Box

• 1 card row
• 1 culture board
• 1 science board
• 1 military board
• 1 current age board
• 4 player boards
• 179 civil cards
• 150 military cards
• 250 plastic cubes in 4 colours
• 28 wooden tokens in 4 colours
• 1 sticker sheet
• 4 quick reference sheets
• 1 rulebook
• 1 guidebook

Care & Maintenance

• Store cards flat and keep cubes, tokens, and boards packed neatly after play.
• Keep components dry and away from direct sunlight to protect the cards, boards, and printed pieces.