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Published By
Year Published
2007
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(18 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(8 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Phoenicia
Alternate Names
緋尼基人
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Empires rise and fall. In the buffer areas and crossroads between civilizations, however, a clever ruler can sometimes adopt new ideas, establish trade, and found a city state -- such as the great Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon -- that will outlast many neighbouring empires. Phoenicia is about building an empire worthy of an entry into the annals of time. You must build up your economy and increase your population whilst holding all others at bay. You will be challenged by your neighbouring countries to the next technology advancement which will help you to feed your population.

Some of this game's mechanics were borrowed from Outpost.

Online Play

JKLM Online (real-time and turn-based)

More Information Edit | History

Graphic Artist :- Matthias Catrein

Further information.

Lots of information about this game is buried in the forums. The following is a list of the major items.

  • There have been a lot of complaints about the clarity of the rules. If there is anything you are unsure of, then the first post in http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/186479 is a FAQ covering all the common problems.
  • If you'd rather just start with a better version of the rules to use from scratch, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/file/info/28564 is a complete rewrite of the rulebook by Christopher Young ( Nova2001).
  • The game is available for real-time online play, on the publishers Interactive site, http://www.jklminteractive.co.uk . Play requires the user to download and install a Windows app which connects to the publisher's game server.

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10 Replacment Development Cards and Score Tracks
Phoenicia is a great game marred by some questionable production choices. I created this file to replace the parts that bothered me the most. This file includes replacement development cards and replacement score tracks. The score tracks include a separate income track and victory point track. Feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions or corrections!
2009-02-23
2 No Title
Phoenicia quick reference sheet version 2 in PDF format (now includes multiple-card discounts; uploaded with blessing of Richard Dewsbery)
2008-06-19
0 Cartas de Desarrollo en castellano - Development cards in Spanish
Cartas de Desarrollo para imprimir en tarjetón tamaño americano de 9,4 cm. x 21,6 cm.
2007-12-26
3 Phoenicia Quick Reference (corrected) in PDF
This is a PDF conversion of the file Phoenicia.xls.
2007-12-13
61 Phoenicia NovaRules Rewrite v1.1
The rulebook for Phoenicia leaves something to be desired. This is a 14-page document that lays out the same information in a way that some might find much more logical. It helps me, I hope it helps you. v1.0 Rules are rewritten and posted. v1.1 This has a few minor formatting changes, a reworded setup paragraph, and an extra FAQ. If you already have 1.0, this shouldn't really be necessary.
2007-12-08
1 Phoenicia revised German rules
This revised version 1.1 of the rules hopefully should answer any questions left open by the original printed rule. This is the official new German rule.
2007-11-13
1 Phoenicia.xls
Phoenicia quick reference sheet (with original error corrected)
2007-09-19
1 Phoenicia Card Reference.xls
Half page player aid explaining the function of each card, for those tired of squinting at them from across the table
2007-09-09
5 rulesfaq.txt
Rules FAQ (clarifies some rules questions) Version 1.3, supersedes older version.
2007-08-25
7 Phoenicia_rockhpi_1.xls
Phoenicia player aid using graphics from the manual posted here
2007-08-23
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Board Game Rank: 433
Num Ratings: 946
Average Rating: 6.84
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