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History of Western Civiliztion
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An idea for a weekend tournament for four players using the games to travel through western civ.
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Posted Tue Jul 5, 2005 8:20 pm
1. Board Game: Clans [Average Rating:6.62 Overall Rank:518]
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 Sedentation-

The Hunter Gathers begin to covalesce in villages.
2. Board Game: Tigris & Euphrates [Average Rating:8.01 Overall Rank:9]
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 Founding of Civilization-

Newly Sendentary humans discover irrigation. The agricultural revolution.
3. Board Game: Attika [Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:164]
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 Classical Era-

The Axial Age and thought that is the basis of western Civiliztion.
4. Board Game: Capitol [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:326]
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 The Roman Empire-

Connectiong the Agriculture of Mesopotamia with the thought of Greece and the Highways of the Mediterranean.
5. Board Game: Carcassonne [Average Rating:7.49 Overall Rank:64]
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 The Early Middle Ages-

Land is Money. Knights control the land from their castles and defend the monks for their immortal souls.
6. Board Game: Serenissima [Average Rating:6.99 Overall Rank:331]
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 The late Middle Ages-

The return of Mediterranean Trade. The start of the new Italian City States.
7. Board Game: The Princes of Florence [Average Rating:7.86 Overall Rank:18]
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 The Renaisance-

Return of High Culture. City state battle for pestige and wealth based on trade and culture.
8. Board Game: Puerto Rico [Average Rating:8.32 Overall Rank:2]
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Jesse Morrow
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 Age of Colonization-

The New World offers new lands and new products for cash crops. (I thank them for coffee).
9. Board Game: Wallenstein [Average Rating:7.71 Overall Rank:45]
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 Reformation-

Europe Explodes in 96 theses.
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What's the 96th? Luther only posted 95. :p
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you know i always got that wrong on tests too.
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:laugh:
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The 96th decried the lamentable dearth of boardgaming among the clergy.
10. Board Game: Liberté [Average Rating:7.28 Overall Rank:203]
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 Age of Reason-

The coming of nationalism and "what makes Louis XVI better than me?"
11. Board Game: Age of Steam [Average Rating:7.98 Overall Rank:14]
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 Industrial Capitalism-

black smoke revolution and syphoning govenrment contracts (on a huge scale.)
12. Board Game: Acquire [Average Rating:7.50 Overall Rank:61]
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 Modern Capitalism-

From Robber Barrons to Corporate Raiders the current position of capitalism.
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Bill Eldard
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Well done! Certainly an impressive list of superior games, chronologically ordered to represent the history of Western Civilization. Somewhere between Attika and Capitol (or perhaps substituting for both), I would insert Vinci.

And after Age of Steam, you might insert Heart of Africa, or if you have a lot of time, War! Age of Imperialism or even Colonial Diplomacy.
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Advanced Civilization or Civilization the Boardgame may be used to conclude the history. :p
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There seems to be a lacuna for the modern era - respresented only by capitalism, not by the great wars (diplomacy?, A&A?), or ideologies (kremlin?).
Beside that, very nice idea.
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Here are a few more suggestions:

Successors (The struggle for Alexander's crumbling Empire)
Republic of Rome (a great game!)
Britannia (Early history of Britain)
Kingmaker (War of the Roses)
Age of Renaissance
The Napoleonic Wars
Paths of Glory (WWI)
Third Reich (WWII in Europe)
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What postmodern game can we tag on the end?
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