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Sid Meier's Civilization: The Card Game box art
2006 Ranked #12,592

Sid Meier's Civilization: The Card Game

Civilization-building card game has empires gather resources, claim lands, construct wonders, discover technologies, and fight enemies. When the final technology is acquired, accumulated development determines the strongest civilization.

Strategy Games Card Game Civilization Set Collection Hand Management

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.11/5

Rating

5.97

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.6/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Civilization: The Card Game simulates the rise of empires as in the computer game Civilization. Players will collect resources, obtain lands, construct Buildings and Wonders, discover Technologies, and fight enemies on their way to victory.

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Civilization: The Card Game simulates the rise of empires as in the computer game Civilization. Players will collect resources, obtain lands, construct Buildings and Wonders, discover Technologies, and fight enemies on their way to victory. The game ends when the final Technology is bought, and the player with the most Victory Points (one each per Wonder, Technology, and Population) is declared the Winner. If Victory Points are tied, then the Winner is the player with the most Technologies. If Technologies are tied, then the Winner is the player with the most Population.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Soren Johnson Sid Meier

Publishers

1
2K Games, Inc.

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