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A Brief History of the World

#46007BGG ↗

2009 · 3-6 players · 180min · weight 2.86 · 965 ratings

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ID
46007
Name
A Brief History of the World
Year
2009
Rank
1837
Min players
3
Max players
6
Playing time
180
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
180
Avg weight
2.8617
Num weights
94
Bayes avg
5.90241
Average
6.86591
Users rated
965
Num owned
859
Wanting
61
Wishing
240
Num comments
365
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (21)
Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementCatch the LeaderClosed DraftingCritical Hits and FailuresDice RollingEnd Game BonusesHand ManagementHidden Victory PointsIncomeOnce-Per-Game AbilitiesOwnershipSet CollectionSimulationStat Check ResolutionTake ThatTurn Order: Role OrderTurn Order: Stat-BasedVariable Set-upVictory Points as a ResourceZone of Control
Categories (9)
Age of ReasonAncientCivilizationMedievalNapoleonicPike and ShotPost-NapoleonicRenaissanceWargame
Description (1300 chars)

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

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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