''Advanced Civilization'' is an expansion game for the board game ''

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'', published in 1991 by

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. Ownership of the original game is necessary to play. While ''Civilization'' is in print (by

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), ''Advanced Civilization'' is not, following the dissolution of the original Avalon Hill game company and sale of all rights to titles to

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in 1998.

Features

''Advanced Civilization'' enhances the game as much as it expands it, clarifying rules and simplifying certain aspects of the game. New features include: * Assigning points to position on the Archaeological Succession Table (AST), rather than void a player from winning who has fallen behind in development * Unlimited Civilization cards, omitting the fight to acquire advances before other players * Seven new commodities cards, making the ever-important trade phase far more exciting * Four new calamity cards * Introduction of non-tradeable calamities * Eight new Civilization cards, including a new group:

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* Simplified trade to speed the game up * Rules for 8 players * Rules for late-comers and those that leave early

Gameplay

Gameplay is broadly similar to ''Civilization''. Most phases of play have minor alterations which simplify or rebalance play, but are still similar to the original. Some of the major differences are in trade cards and calamities. There are more types of resources, as well as additional calamities. Calamities cannot be discarded or held, and a player who holds a calamity after trading becomes its primary victim, which encourages players to trade tradable calamity cards. The rules for trading are also simplified: each player in a trade must still trade three or more cards, but must only honestly state the number of cards being offered and the name of two of the cards, but not the total point value of the cards. One of the biggest changes is in determining the victor. Rather than being the first person to reach the end of the AST, victory is determined by points. The largest share of points typically comes from civilization cards, followed by position on the AST; other resources that earn points are cities in play, trade cards, and tokens in treasury.

Video game

created a

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version of this game, called ''

Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization ''Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization'' is a computer edition of the ''Advanced Civilization'' board game (the ''Civilization'' board game including the expansion to that game called ''Advanced Civilization''). Both the board and computer game p ...

''. The rules are slightly modified from the board version to make it suitable for computer play.

Reviews

*'' Casus Belli'' #68

References

* * {{civilization Avalon Hill games Board games introduced in 1991 Board games about history World conquest board games