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Civolution

Matthias Cramer · alea / Ravensburger · 2024

Guide a civilization from ancient times through multiple eras using dice manipulation and technology advancement. The era-progression system transforms your available actions across the game, creating a sweeping sense of historical development in a single session.

Players

1–4

Time

150 min

Ages

14+

Difficulty

Heavy

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Why you'll like it

Civilization arc across multiple eras is satisfying
Dice manipulation gives strategic control
Beautiful production from alea
Multiple paths through the tech tree
Strong solo mode

How it plays

Civolution is a heavy strategy game by Stefan Feld. Each player is a deity guiding a civilization from early tribes to an advanced society. On your turn you pick two dice from your pool and pair their values to trigger an action.

Tools help with bad rolls: ideas let you shift a die by one, and other tokens work as wild values. The game is played over four eras. At the end of each era, tribes must be fed, events happen and scoring tiles are scored. Final scoring rewards many things, from your tracks to how far you've spread across the map.