''Stone Age'' is a designer board game designed by

Michael Tummelhofer Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

and published by

Hans im Glück Hans im Glück is a German board and card game publisher. Though many of their own games are language-independent they themselves publish only printings for the domestic market which include only German-language rules; English-language printings o ...

in 2008. It is a development game with a Stone Age theme that involves taking control of a tribe to collect resources and build a village that has the most powerful chief. Players 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 prehistoric time.

Components

* 1 gameboard * 4 individual player boards * 68 wooden resources * 40 wooden people * 8 wooden markers in 2 sizes * 53 food tiles * 28 building tiles * 18 tool tiles * 1 start player figure * 36 civilization cards * 7 dice * 1 leather dice cup * 1 information sheet

Awards

* 2008

Spiel des Jahres The Spiel des Jahres (, ''Game of the Year'') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence ...

Nominee. * 2008

Deutscher Spiele Preis __NOTOC__ The Deutscher Spielepreis (, ''German Game Prize'') is an important award for boardgames. It was started in 1990 by the German magazine ''Die Pöppel-Revue'', which collects votes from the industry's stores, magazines, professionals ...

2nd Place.

External links

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