Cover art for Age of Innovation

Age of Innovation

2023 · BGG
Avg rating
8.44
Bayes rating
7.76
Weight
4.26 (Heavy)
Players
1-5
Playtime
3 hr 20 min
Ratings count
8,706

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Description

Age of Innovation is a standalone game set in the world of Terra Mystica.

Twelve factions, each with unique characteristics, populate this world of varying terrains. Here you will compete to erect buildings and merge them into cities. Each game allows you to create new combinations of factions, homelands, and abilities so that each game isn't the same as another.

You control one of these factions and will terraform the game map's terrain into your homelands where you can erect your buildings. Proximity to other factions may limit your expansion, but it also gains you significant advantages in the game. This tension adds to the appeal of the Terra Mystica series.

Upgrade your buildings to gain valuable resources such as tools, scholars, money, and power. Build schools to advance in different sciences and collect books, which you can use to make innovations. Build your palace to gain a powerful new ability or build workshops, guilds, and universities to complete your culture.

—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Contracts End Game Bonuses Hexagon Grid Income Modular Board Network and Route Building Tech Trees / Tech Tracks Turn Order: Pass Order Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up Victory Points as a Resource

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

Capstone Games Cranio Creations Feuerland Spiele Geekach LLC Grok Games Gémklub IGAMES Korea Boardgames Maldito Games Portal Games Super Meeple Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. White Goblin Games テンデイズゲームズ (TendaysGames)

Designers

Helge Ostertag