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Civilization

Civilization Board Games

Civilization-themed board games are designed to simulate the grand arc of human development. Players typically engage in activities such as city building, resource management, technological advancement, and diplomatic or military conquest.

Appeal of Civilization-Themed Games

  • Strategic Depth: They often offer complex strategies and deep gameplay.
  • Historical Learning: These games can teach players about historical events and developments.
  • Social Interaction: They encourage player negotiation and alliance-building.

Notable Examples

  • Sid Meier's Civilization: Allows players to guide a nation from ancient times to the modern age.
  • Through the Ages: A game focusing on building a civilization through card drafting and careful resource management.
  • 7 Wonders: Players build one of the seven wonders of the ancient world while managing resources and military.

Conclusion

Civilization themes provide a rich backdrop for board games, offering players the chance to experience the breadth of human history and achievement through strategic play.

Civilization themed Variable Set-up games

Mosaic: A Story of Civilization
Path of Civilization: A Story of Humankind
Altay: Dawn of Civilization
Altay: Dawn of Civilization
7 Wonders Duel
Boonlake
Civolution
Age of Atlantis, The
Fractal - Beyond the Void (All In Kickstarter Pledge)
Age of Innovation

Miniatures and Civilization themed games

Clash of Cultures - Civilizations
$99.95
$94.95
Trinidad (Deluxe Edition)
-13%
$108.95
$95.00
SeaFall - A Legacy Game
$9.00
Cyclades: Monuments Expansion
$19.99
$14.00

Civilization themed games published by GaGa Games

$99.99
$69.95
$65.00
$22.00
$18.00

Civilization themed Set Collection games

Mega Civilization
7 Wonders (2nd Edition)
Monumental (Standard Edition)
Tides of Time (Clearance)
7 Wonders - Armada (1st Edition)
Race for the Galaxy (2nd Edition)
Viceroy
Dominations - Road To Civilization: Dominations - Empire Pack
Yellow & Yangtze
Tungaru
Hadara
CVlizations
Neolithic
Mare Nostrum - Empires, Atlas Expansion
Gentes (1st Edition, English Only)
Gentes (2nd Edition)
Peloponnes Card Game
Monumental - Lost Kingdoms (Standard Edition)

Civilization themed Tech Trees / Tech Tracks games

$24.95
$9.00
$49.95
$35.00
$179.99
$44.99
$28.00

Civilization themed games published by Portal Games

$139.99
$90.00
$30.00
$20.00
$180.00
$169.99
$86.97
$46.99

Civilization themed Area Majority / Influence games

$37.95
Beyond the borders of your nascent civilization, a great unknown awaits—a vast expanse of empty map, sparsely decorated with sketches of fantastic creatures and “here be dragons.” As you advance through the ages, your civilization will sprawl outward...
84%
14+
2 to 5
60 mins
Involved
-27%
$32.95
$23.94
The Golden Ages: Cults & Culture is an expansion for The Golden Ages.Will your civilization invest in culture, contributing to the birth of new works of art? Will you advance in science and technology, creating great new inventions? Or will you choose...
74%
12+
2 to 5
90 mins
Involved
$145.00
$140.00
Do you have what it takes to be a deep space colonist? An alien frontier awaits the brave and daring! This new planet will be harsh, but if you have the skills to manage your resources, build a fleet, research alien life, and settle colonies, the world...
78%
13+
2 to 6
60 mins
Involved
-16%
$17.95
$15.00
For Centuries, the black holes were the greatest mystery of the universe, the ultimate frontier. With the advance of spacetime manipulation technology, it is now possible to travel through the abyss of a black hole, to another time and place. Includes...
67%
14+
2 to 6
60 mins
Involved

Civilization themed Simultaneous Action Selection games

$95.00
Master the world with the Fame and Fortune expansion for Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game! With exciting new game options, new map tiles, and components for a fifth player, Fame and Fortune will bring your civilization to remarkable new heights...
78%
14+
2 to 5
120 mins
Involved
$0.00
Gempire is the strategic hidden-action, city-building board game with different victory conditions virtually every time you play! King Zarmund is holding a grand competition to decide his new capital city! He'll make 3 random demands at the beginning...
95%
14+
3 to 5
45 mins
Involved
-55%
$19.95
$9.00
Famed game designer Martin Wallace's acclaimed new game transforms players into tribe leaders in ancient Ireland, back when it was known as Erin, who have arrived to fight the demon-like Fomori that rule the island. As they vie for control over territories...
57%
12+
2 to 4
75 mins
Relaxed

Civilization themed Solo / Solitaire Game

Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
$85.00
$30.00
Ancient Realm
$0.00
Stellar Horizons
$149.00
$119.95
Bios - Origins (2nd Edition)
$79.95
$50.00
Tapestry: Arts & Architecture Expansion
-20%
$45.00
$36.00
Mythwind
$150.00
$81.00
Atlantis Rising (2nd Edition)
$65.00
$55.99
Silverwood Grove (Collector's Edition)
$25.00
$15.00
Underwater Cities
$74.95
$45.00
Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North - Wrath of the Lighthouse
$34.95
$32.00
Tapestry: Plans & Ploys Expansion
$58.27
$28.00
Magna Roma (Deluxe Edition)
-54%
$89.00
$40.94
Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North
-50%
$49.95
$25.00
Europa Universalis - The Price of Power (Standard Edition)
$173.95

Civilization themed games published by Catan Studio

Catan: Dawn of Humankind

-20%
$69.99
$55.99
Embark on humankind's greatest journey!Guide your branch of the human family tree to gather resources, migrate, and settle across the globe all while advancing their technologies and cultures. This fresh and vibrant reboot of the original game Settlers...
mostly positive, 71%
14 y/o +
3 to 4 players
90 minutes
Relaxed
Strategy Game
Civilization
Prehistoric
Dice Rolling
Hexagon Grid
Random Production
Resource to Move

Civilization themed Increase Value of Unchosen Resources games

-50%
$29.95
$14.99
Age of Civilization is a streamlined Euro-style civilization game with unique mechanics for 1-4 players. Instead of playing as only 1 civilization in 3 hours, each player could now play as 3 civilizations in 30 minutes! Great for when you want quick...
68%
10+
1 to 4
30 mins
Relaxed
-20%
$54.99
$43.99
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too."- Marcus AureliusCivilization: A New Dawn recreates the best-selling computer game series as a strategy board game. In this fast-paced and approachable...
67%
14+
2 to 4
60 mins
Involved
$130.00
$125.00
TI3 is an epic empire-building game of intersteller conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of ancient galactic civilizations, each seeking to sieze the imperial throne via warfare, diplomacy, and technological progression. With...
71%
14+
3 to 6
180 mins
Involved
-78%
$45.95
$10.00
The Dawn of Humanity. Experience 30,000 years of civilization in 45 minutes! Players must lead their tribes in short, fast turns through the early history of humanity, discovering agriculture and taking their tribe through to the Bronze Age. The tribes...
63%
10+
2 to 4
45 mins
Relaxed

Ancient Civilization and Civilization themed games

$18.00
Guide your tribe in its struggles to survive and prosper! Tribes: Early Civilization is a game for 2-4 players (The game does include rules for solo play as well) experiencing the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze ages in 40 minutes. Players start with...
58%
8+
1 to 4
30 mins
Relaxed
-66%
$43.99
$14.99
Decisions are made within the walls of the Senate that will shape the destiny of civilization...while conspirators work towards their own goals in shadowy corridors. Mechanisms:• Card Drafting• Hand Management• Set Collection• Simultaneous Action Selection...
84%
10+
2
30 mins
Involved
-21%
$67.95
$54.00
The first cities on the Rhine emerge from Roman outposts protecting the border with Germania. As the governor of one of these cities, your task is to develop it in the best possible way, while also defending it against the Germanic tribes. Empress Agrippina...
72%
12+
1 to 4
70 mins
Involved
-64%
$24.95
$9.00
Empires rise and fall: in the buffer areas and crossroads between civilizations, however, a clever ruler can sometimes adopt new ideas, establish trade, and found a city state – such as the great Phoenicians cities of Tyre and Sidon – that will outlast...
55%
12+
2 to 5
60 mins
Involved

Civilization themed Variable Phase Order games

$25.00
Invent your way to an empire! Innovation is a card-driven journey through humanity's ideas and advancements from prehistory all the way to The Internet.You must strategically combine the abilities of your technologies to succeed!105 unique cards, each...
70%
12+
2 to 4
45 mins
Involved
$18.00
$17.00
Don't just make history-guide it! Take the reins of a developing civilization, choosing the resources and development paths that will lead to the fastest expansion, as you claim and defend territory on a map forging an empire that eventually encompasses...
60%
12+
2 to 5
180 mins
Involved
-36%
$14.95
$9.50
Olympus is a sophisticated Euro-style strategy board game designed by Andrea Chiarvesio and Luca Iennaco and originally published by Stratelibri. Designed for 3-5 players ages 12 and up, Olympus is a strategy game based on worker-placement and resource...
59%
14+
3 to 5
90 mins
Involved
$11.00
Galactic Emperor is a fast paced empire-building board game of exploration, conflict and struggle for dominance. The last Galactic Emperor has met with a sudden and quite fatal accident. Now there is a power vacuum in the galaxy, and you're one of the...
56%
12+
3 to 6
90 mins
Involved

Civilization themed End Game Bonuses games

$24.95
$24.95
$17.00
$49.99
$30.36

Civilization themed Action Retrieval games

$45.00
$34.00
$15.95
$5.00
$59.90
$32.00

Civilization themed Deck, Bag, and Pool Building games

$30.00
$120.00
$95.00
$50.00
$24.95

Civilization themed War Game

$90.00
$65.00
$69.99
$14.00
$40.00
$36.00

Civilization themed Contracts games

$70.00
$30.00
$120.00
$84.95
$50.00

Civilization themed games designed by Sean Sweigart

$50.00
$44.99
$40.00
$36.00
$40.00
$34.99

Civilization themed games developed by Hayden Dillard

Empire's End

-37%
$39.95
$25.00
You lead a grand civilization at the height of its influence, but can you save it from collapse? In Empire's End, 2-4 players compete to keep calamity at bay. Empire's End marries the intuitive and elegant mechanism of reverse-bidding with engine-building...
mixed, 67%
10 y/o +
2 to 4 players
45 minutes
Relaxed
Family Game
Ancient Civilization
Civilization
Auction Compensation
Auction/Bidding
Auction: Multiple Lot
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass

Civilization themed games published by Sierra Madre Games

High Frontier 4 All: Module 3 - Conflict
$25.00
$20.00
High Frontier (3rd Edition)
$0.00

Civilization themed games designed by Inka Brand

Rise of Queensdale

-63%
$80.00
$30.00
The Rise of Queensdale takes players into a fantastic valley. Each player takes control of a quarter of the emerging city, which is to arise there over several games. Build new buildings, work on the castle for the queen and take part in the rise of...
mostly positive, 72%
12 y/o +
2 to 4 players
45 minutes
Involved
Campaign Game
Civilization
Medieval
Dice Rolling
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
Worker Placement
Dice Worker

Civilization themed games published by Gale Force 9

Star Trek Ascendancy: Ferengi Alliance Expansion

-13%
$40.00
$35.00
A Ferengi Without Profit Is No Ferengi at AllEverything you need to add the Ferengi, and another player, to your games of Star Trek: Ascendancy. Discover new Star Systems, encounter new Exploration Cards, plus more Space Lanes and Resource Nodes! Greed...
positive, 82%
14 y/o +
1 to 4 players
60 minutes
Involved
Strategy Game
Movies / TV / Radio theme
Science Fiction
Action Points