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Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery

#22545BGG ↗

2007 · 2-5 players · 120min · weight 3.12 · 10,478 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.507

BGG raw

ID
22545
Name
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Year
2007
Rank
169
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
120
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
3.1231
Num weights
1072
Bayes avg
7.10482
Average
7.5008
Users rated
10478
Num owned
8762
Wanting
401
Wishing
2272
Num comments
2698
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Area Majority / InfluenceSet CollectionTurn Order: Claim ActionWorker PlacementWorker Placement, Different Worker Types
Categories (4)
CivilizationExplorationRenaissanceVideo Game Theme
Description (881 chars)

Designed by Glenn Drover, this boardgame allows you to revisit the age of exploration and discovery. Take on the role of a colonial power seeking fame, glory, and riches in the New World. As you proceed through three ages, you can launch expeditions of discovery, colonize regions, expand your merchant fleet, build capitol buildings that give your nation distinct advantages, develop your economy, and, if necessary, declare war. Though originally published for 5 players, the game is playable by 6 with the original components and board configuration with addition of a set of figures in another color. This was originally offered as an "expansion" and an incentive to pre-order the game. A 6 player expansion is also in the Glenn Drover's Empires: Builder Expansion, along with new capital buildings and National Advantage tiles. Not to be confused with Age of Discovery.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
place colonist on action
Decision shape
mixed:combinatorial+spatial
Reward schedule
mixed:immediate+delayed
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Discovery"]
Core loop pitch
Place colonists across action tracks each age to claim regions, ships, specialists and capital buildings.
Translation difficulty
Medium
Difficulty reason
Mechanically clean worker placement with area majority, fits digital well, but uses the AoE name license which complicates a port.
Direct digital port
Port kind
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["region_majority_scoring", "specialist_role_acquisition", "age_phase_escalation", "capital_building_powers", "colonist_track_selection"]
Confidence
0.6
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (895 chars)
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  "name": "Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery",
  "core_verb": "place colonist on action",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:combinatorial+spatial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+delayed",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Discovery"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Place colonists across action tracks each age to claim regions, ships, specialists and capital buildings.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Medium",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Mechanically clean worker placement with area majority, fits digital well, but uses the AoE name license which complicates a port.",
  "direct_digital_port": null,
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "region_majority_scoring",
    "specialist_role_acquisition",
    "age_phase_escalation",
    "capital_building_powers",
    "colonist_track_selection"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.6
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).