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Information
Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
2009
# of Players:
3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 6 players
Recommended with 5, 6 players
(2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
A Brief History Of The World
Alternate Names
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

A Brief History Of The World is just that: a sweeping ride through the history of mankind in the space of just a few hours. The game features fifty of the mightiest Empires ever known, from the dawn of Civilisation through to the Twentieth Century - Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Imperial Rome, the Huns and Mongols, the Arabs and the Ottoman Turks, the dynasties of China and kingdoms of India, Incas and Aztecs, Portugal and Spain, France, Britain amd Germany. Can you take on the mantle of Alexander or Caesar, Genghis Khan or Napoleon? Can you write your name into the pages of history and lead your Empires to victory?

Components include:

Giant Map Board
180 plastic playing pieces
130 card counters
42 Empire cards
54 Event cards
6 Epoch maps
1 Epoch chart

This is a significantly revised version of History of the World.

Re-implements:

More Information Edit | History

Time To Play: 30 minutes per player.

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3 A Brief History Of The World japanese rules
A PDF file of the rules in japanese language for A Brief History Of The World.
2010-01-19
4 Scoring and Combat summary
Summarises the more complex parts of the system - the scoring rules (including the points that each area is worth in each of the 6 epochs) and the combat sequence
2009-12-06
6 Rules summery - teaching aid
Rules summery v1.0. Organized in a way I hope helps teaching the game.
2009-12-03
7 A Brief History Of The World Player Aid
Player Aid for A Brief History Of The World containing Epoch charts and details of the Empires.
2009-10-14
2 A Brief History Of The World Rules in German
German Rules for A Brief History Of The World
2009-09-26
30 A Brief History Of The World English Rules
Rules for a Brief History Of The World in English
2009-09-26
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 917
Wargame Rank: 154
Num Ratings: 137
Average Rating: 7.51
Standard Deviation: 1.30
Num Views: 38264
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