Sid Meier's Civilization the Board Game?

[Buck Birdseed]

http://www.pcgameworld.com/preview.php/id/1/

[Rasbelin]

First reactions

884 plastic pieces! Oh my goodness! There's at least plenty of pieces to loose then.

But it sounds interesting that they have already decided to make an expansion pack; or at least most likely. Is this going to be a new killer like Pokemon? So should we start to compare Sid to Picachu?

As far as I quickly took a preview (will print it and read later on after Band of Brothers), it looks promising. Perhaps I'll have a go for this.

Anyway, Snapcase; thanks for posting!

[kring]

Thank you Snapcase.

They put in a wrong link to this file. It takes you to a Civ 2 link. I had to do a search to find it.

[simonaiken]

Now, my understanding was Civilization was based on a board game anyway, released by Avalon-Hill. Hence their own release of Advanced Civilization and the Call To Power's modified trade rules that were closer to the original game.

SO, we now have a board game based off the computer game based off the board game? Which came first, the chicken of the egg.

[aaglo]

Wow... My PC cannot handle Civ3 (200 MHz), so this is my saviour....

[MattyBoy]

If my PC can't handle Civ3, how long must it take to get through a turn in a decent boardgame version of it?

Would like to hear that this game is great, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by aaglo
Wow... My PC cannot handle Civ3 (200 MHz), so this is my saviour....

Actually, your slow computer is saving you from the expense and boredom that is Civ 3.

[Main_Brain]

That sounds not at all like the Old Civilisation (<-s!)
Boardgame

[neonext]

yes the old civilization board game is quite different from the computer series, it all takes place during the ancient era, no techs, very few units, and very different gameplay (which takes more than a few re-reads of the manual IIRC)

[Galvatron]

Hmm according to my experience conversion of pc-games are very bad and most of them flopped but this sounds quite good although it might take a long time moving all these units around but boardgames have the nostalgic bonus you know: back in these good old days when computer where seldom and the whole world played risk or diplomacy the boardgames. Well I like playing it with my friends on Saturday afternoon continuing the whole night

[War4ever]

does anyone have this game? if so let me know how your gaming experiences go....

[Sikander]

Originally posted by neonext
yes the old civilization board game is quite different from the computer series, it all takes place during the ancient era, no techs, very few units, and very different gameplay (which takes more than a few re-reads of the manual IIRC)

There were techs (cards) that you could buy, but units were broken down into only two rough types, armies and fleets. It wasn't all that bad of a game, and not nearly as complex as many. Still it was complex enough to be above the "Beer and Pretzel" category.

[JanB]

It is very interesting that this board game is out. My daughter saw it for sale in Hamleys of London (big toy shop). It was too heavy to carry home on the train. I have contacted the toy shop to see if they will sell it to me via the post but don't know of anyone else in England that is selling it. To buy it from the US would cost far too much in postage and import duty I suspect. Is it the sort of game that you buy in shops that sell Dungeons and Dragons games and figurines? Has anyone got it yet to know whether it is worth buying?

Thanks,

Jan

[neonext]

Originally posted by Sikander
There were techs (cards) that you could buy, but units were broken down into only two rough types, armies and fleets. It wasn't all that bad of a game, and not nearly as complex as many. Still it was complex enough to be above the "Beer and Pretzel" category.

armies and fleets? tech cards? i don't think we're talking about the same game...

[Andemagne]

Originally posted by JanB
Is it the sort of game that you buy in shops that sell Dungeons and Dragons games and figurines?

yes.