Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
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.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Catch the Leader
Rules give trailing players tools to slow or challenge the current leader.
Read the full game description
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, and 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 - 32 Area Values * 5 x Epoch 1 * 2 x Epoch 2 * 6 x Epoch 3 * 4 x Epoch 4 * 4 x Epoch 5 * 11 x Epoch 6 - 30 City/Capitals - 20 Monuments (4 types x 5) - 20 Forts - 18 Bonus tokens (1's, 2's 3's - 6 of each) - 6 Gold Markers (1 in each player colour) - 4 Fleets 42 Empire cards (6 epochs, 7 cards per epoch) 54 Event cards (6 epochs, 7 cards per epoch, plus 12 initial events) 6 Epoch maps 6 Six sided dice 4 Plastic Stands 1 Epoch chart 1 Array This is a significantly revised version of History of the World. Re-implements: History of the World