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Stone Age

2008 · BGG
Avg rating
7.52
Bayes rating
7.39
Weight
2.46 (Medium Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
53,842

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Description

The "Stone Age" times were hard indeed. In their roles as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers, our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Players use up to ten tribe members each in three phases. In the first phase, players take turns placing their tribe members in regions of the board that they think will benefit them, including the hunt, the trading center, or the quarry. In the second phase, each player activates each of their staffed areas in whatever sequence they choose, in turn order. In the third phase, players must have enough food available to feed their populations, or they face losing resources or points.



Mechanics

Contracts Dice Rolling End Game Bonuses Set Collection Turn Order: Progressive Worker Placement

Themes

Economic Prehistoric

Publishers

999 Games Asmodee Bard Centrum Gier Boardgame Space Devir Feelindigo Filosofia Éditions Giochi Uniti HaKubia Hans im Glück Hobby World Kaissa Chess & Games Korea Boardgames Lanlalen Lautapelit.fi MINDOK Möbius Games Oxygame Piatnik Rio Grande Games Schmidt Spiele Stupor Mundi Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. Z-Man Games Zvezda

Designers

Bernd Brunnhofer