A Brief History of the World

A Brief History of the World

Gary Dicken , Steve Kendall , Phil Kendall (2009)

5.9
BGG Rating 968 votes
3-6 players Best: 6 90-180 min 10+
Complexity Medium — 2.9/5
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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

Publisher Spiral Galaxy Games , Ragnar Brothers Artist Peter Dennis
Recommended: 4-6 players Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet

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5.9

Weighted Avg

968

Ratings

860

Owned

241

Wishlisted

Std Dev: 1.43 Wanting: 63 Trading: 42 Strategy Rank: #1653
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