Advanced Civilization is a board game that was distributed by Avalon Hill (AH) until it was recently bought out by Hasbro. It is a wonderful multi-player game. But if you found this page you probably already knew that! AH Civilization is what the computer game by the same name is based on.

Generally, you start with one person, and grow and multiply to build cities and expand your nation. As your nation grows, you acquire commodity cards that you can trade with other players to increase your wealth. With the money you earn, you can purchase civilization cards which give your nation benefits and bonuses in different areas such as agriculture, mining, astrology. As your nation grows, time moves on, the first player to reach the end of the timeline causes the game to halt. The player with the most points wins based on timeline location, number of cities, treasury, and technologies acquired. Sound too easy? That's because I haven't told you about the calamities, they are shuffled in with the commodity cards, some can be traded while others cannot. The calamity cards range from mildly annoying to very painful, but you can generally recover from them relatively quickly. The game sounds more complicated than it is, and it does take a while to play, but it is well worth it. Check out the sidebar for the topics shared here.

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