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Information
Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
2007
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4, 5 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, more than 5 players
(157 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(24 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(30 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Alternate Names
Age of Empires 3: The Age of Discovery
Age of Empires III - Das Zeitalter der Entdeckungen
Эпоха открытий
世紀帝國三
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Not to be confused with Age of Discovery.

Designed by Glenn Drover, this boardgame version of the PC hit, Age of Empires III from Microsoft and Ensemble Studios, allows you to revisit the age of exploration and discovery. Take on the role of a colonial power seeking fame, glory, and riches in the New World. As you proceed through three ages, you can launch expeditions of discovery, colonize regions, expand your merchant fleet, build capitol buildings that give your nation distinct advantages, develop your economy, and, if necessary, declare war.

Though originally published for 5 players, the game is playable by 6 with the original components and board configuration with addition of a set of figures in another color. This was originally offered as an "expansion" and an incentive to pre-order the game.

More Information Edit | History

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Components:

  • Gameboard
  • 34 Capital Buildings
  • 150 Colonists (30 x 5 Colors)
  • 150 Specialists:
    • 25 Captains (5 x 5 Colors)
    • 25 Merchants (5 x 5 Colors)
    • 50 Missionaries (10 x 5 Colors)
    • 50 Soldiers (10 x 5 Colors)
  • 10 Merchant Ships
  • Money (50 x Silver, 40 x Gold)
  • 46 Trade Goods (5 x Gold, 6 x Silver, 3 x Cattle, 3 x Cocoa, 3 x Fish, 6 x Sugar, 4 x Fur, 4 x Coffee, 5 x Tobacco, 3 x Rice, 4 x Indigo)
  • 16 Discovery Counters
  • 16 Discovery Cards
  • Rulebook

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5 Greek Rules
AOE Greek rules (Text only) Oi odigies sta ellinika (mono to keimeno)
2009-10-20
4 Szybkie wytlumaczenie zasad / Quick explanation of the rules (in polish)
Szybkie wytlumaczenie zasad "AoE3" wszystkim zoltodziobom. Zawarte na 3 kartkach (!) w 10 krótkich punktach (!!) wyjasnia w przystepny sposob zasady gry. Wystarczy siasc i czytac (oczywiscie sporo szczegolow nie zostalo zawartych, wiec dobrze, aby byl ktos, kto zna zasady i moze odpowiedziec na konkretne pytania).
2009-04-06
3 Track for victory points
Changed the direction of the victory points track
2009-04-05
2 Cyberboard - Update
An updated version that includes a Variant scenario with many of the Capital Buildings suggested in the Forum.
2009-03-29
2 AoE3 Cyberboard Gamebox
Simple CB Gamebox for AoE3. The default scenario is set up for 5 Players with an assumed player order (Spain, Portugal, France, England, Holland). Feedback welcome!
2009-03-18
0 Aide de jeu en Francais (par Kratos38)
Aide de jeu détaillée (mais courte :) sur 2 pages Kratos38 (mes aides ici : http://kratos38fr.googlepages.com/home )
2009-02-28
4 Simplified AoE III Scoresheet, suitable for printing
A simple, clean AoE III score sheet for 2-6 players. Excel format with formulas that sum the scores. The final score is hidden until you enter the points for the last column so a hidden running total is possible. Suitable for printing.
2009-02-22
7 Preferred Variants
I've gone through all 46 posts about variants for this game (as of 12/08) have playtested some of them, and have come up with my preferred list. - it's a short list.
2008-12-18
5 Age of Empires III TUckboxes. Not for sleeved Cards.
Age Of Empires Tuckboxes for cards and tiles. Not for sleeved cards. Now including a tuckbox for the discovery tiles. This supercedes the previous file.
2008-12-15
5 AoEIII - Variety of Score sheets v1
A zip file containing 5 PDF files. Various score sheets for AoEIII to suit games with 2 players, games of up to 5, and games of up to 6. Also game record sheet to record results of multiple games on one sheet. Credit to sbarrera and Hawk as I combined elements of their score sheets that I liked. Version 1
2008-12-09
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