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Designer
Artist
Publisher
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
(230 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(42 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(53 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(126 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Glenn Drover's Empires: The Age of Discovery
Alternate Names
Age of Empires 3: The Age of Discovery
Age of Empires III: Das Zeitalter der Entdeckungen
Age of Empires III: L'âge des découvertes
Age of Empires III: L'Era delle Scoperte
Age of Empires III: La Era de los Descubrimientos
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Age of Empires III: Эпоха открытий
Эпоха открытий
世紀帝國三
帝國時代III: 開拓新世界 (帝国时代III:开拓新世界)
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Designed by Glenn Drover, this boardgame 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. The 6 player expansion will be included in the New expansion Glenn Drover's Empires: Builder Expansion as well as new buildings, and National Advantage tiles.

Not to be confused with Age of Discovery.

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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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帝國時代III: 開拓新世界 (帝国时代III:开拓新世界)
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Chinese Edition
Publisher: Mass Games
Artist: Paul Niemeyer, Jacoby O'Connor
Year: 2010
Size: 15.00 x 12.00 x 3.50 inches
Chinese
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Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
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Dutch edition
Publisher: Quined White Goblin Games
Artist: Paul Niemeyer, Jacoby O'Connor
Year: 2008
Size: 15.70 x 12.60 x 3.30 inches
Dutch
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Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
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English second edition
Publisher: Tropical Games
Artist: Paul Niemeyer, Jacoby O'Connor, James Provenzale
Year: 2008
Size: 14.75 x 12.00 x 3.25 inches
English
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Age of Empires III: L'âge des découvertes
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French version
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Tropical Games, Ubik
Artist: Paul Niemeyer, Jacoby O'Connor
Year: 2008
Product Code: 526206
Size: 15.75 x 12.40 x 3.54 inches
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Age of Empires III: La Era de los Descubrimientos
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Spanish edition
Publisher: Edge Entertainment
Artist: Paul Niemeyer, Jacoby O'Connor
Year: 2008
Size: 14.57 x 11.81 x 3.15 inches
Spanish
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0 AoE3 Tracking score sheet v1 (in excel)
This score sheet (2-5 players) based on the buildings you have purchased, your income and more, calculates the final score and can be used to track your progress during the game. Although it is very intuitive and easy to use it contains a section that explains everything (HOW TO USE sheet). [note that this is used only for base game (no Builders expansion)and for 2-5 players]
2012-02-29
6 Player Boards (for each nation)
Once the expansion came out, I knew that we needed player boards for each individual nation. If you don't have the expansion, you can simply ignore the National Advantage box and use the rest of the aid as a reminder of turn structure and as a place to keep your workers (or you can play with the national advantages without needing to buy the expansion first). This is the Spain Board.
2012-02-08
1 Buildings translated from German to Portuguese
File with translation of all building tiles of German edition.
2011-09-23
6 Age of Empire rules summary
One page easy to understand rules summary.
2011-08-15
3 Scaling instructions for 3 players (includes home made tiles for the disabled spaces)
So you voted, and must of you believe AoE3 is best with 4 players ? I concord! This is my Scaling for 3 players. I've tested it enough, that I'm pretty comfortable to release this. I just used some basic math, taking a reference of 4 players. Some Capital Building tiles and some Discovery cards are removed to enhance the chance of appearing of the remaining tiles/cards. The afore mentioned Discovery cards also match the 2 regions disabled. You can print and build some included tiles to indicate the disabled areas.
2011-07-03
7 Barrels for the Colonist Dock
Use these barrels to cover the unavailable dock spaces if you don't feel confortable using a ship for this purpose (as I did).
2011-05-21
2 Age of Empires III Player Aid
One page give descriptions of buildings. The other page lists the turn order and has a section that explains specialist abilities.
2011-04-09
2 Traduccion losetas edificio al castellano
Traduccion del texto de las losetas de edificios del alemán/ingles al castellano.
2011-03-23
4 age of empires samenvatting nederlands
Samenvatting van de regels van age of empires in het nederlands.
2011-01-27
16 AoE Player Mat and Rules Summary
One side play mat and rules summary and other side basic explanation of game. Based on ideas by: Golux, galfridus, with photo by jamaajaah (used with permission). All art used remains property of Age of Empires Boardgame and no copyright infringement is intended
2011-01-23
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 48
Strategy Game Rank: 41
Num Ratings: 6166
Average Rating: 7.69
Standard Deviation: 1.34
Num Views: 594227
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