This is a documentation for Board Game Arena: play board games online !

Gamehelpthroughtheages: Difference between revisions

From Board Game Arena
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 18: Line 18:
* Building or upgrading farms will help you increase your population.
* Building or upgrading farms will help you increase your population.
* Building or upgrading mines will help you build more farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
* Building or upgrading mines will help you build more farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
* Producing more ''science'' (light bulbs) will let you play technologies for better farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
* Producing more '''science''' (light bulbs) will let you play technologies for better farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
* When your population grows, you will need to produce more ''happiness'' or your workers will stop working.
* When your population grows, you will need to produce more '''happiness''' or your workers will stop working.
* Producing ''culture'' will earn you victory points.
* Producing '''culture''' will earn you victory points.
* Producing more ''military strength'' will protect you from raids or wars.
* Producing more '''military strength''' will protect you from raids or wars.


There are 3 versions of ''Through the Ages'':
There are 3 versions of ''Through the Ages'':

Revision as of 04:49, 18 July 2014

During your turn, you may spend your civil actions to:

  • pick cards from the card rows (if you have room in your hand)
  • play cards to your tableau
  • increase your population
  • build/upgrade farms, mines, or urban buildings
  • but building/upgrading military units uses your military actions

Yellow counters represent your population. They can be in one of three places:

  • on your farms, mines, urban buildings (grey-backed cards, such as philosophy), or military units (representing workers)
  • on your available population, which are available to place on your cards
  • on your "yellow bank" -- when this is empty, you can no longer increase your available population

Blue counters represent food or resources. They can be in two places:

  • on your farms or mines
  • on your "blue bank" -- when this is empty, you can no longer produce

Building up your civilisation:

  • Building or upgrading farms will help you increase your population.
  • Building or upgrading mines will help you build more farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
  • Producing more science (light bulbs) will let you play technologies for better farms, mines, urban buildings, or military.
  • When your population grows, you will need to produce more happiness or your workers will stop working.
  • Producing culture will earn you victory points.
  • Producing more military strength will protect you from raids or wars.

There are 3 versions of Through the Ages:

  • Simple plays through Age I
  • Advanced plays through Age II, and introduces political actions (colonies and raids), unhappiness, and corruption
  • Complete plays through Age III, and introduces wars