2007 · 2-5 players · 120min · weight 3.12 · 10,478 ratings
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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.
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"game_id": 22545,
"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",
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],
"confidence": 0.6
}LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).