“We have…beheld in the ocean, huge waves like mountains rising in the sky, and we have set eyes on barbarian regions far away hidden in a blue transparency of light vapors...”
      –Zheng He

Guide your...

“I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go.”
      – Captain James Cook

A great, wide world awaits your burgeoning empire...and with the ]]>FFG2397 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMTA Designer Diary for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game

by Kevin Wilson

Greetings! We’re back one last time for a bonus installment of my Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game designer diary series. As I write this, the game is in stores and players around the...

When guiding a culture from its meager roots to its technological apex, a few questions are bound to arise. Find answers in the FAQ for Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game (pdf, 408 KB), now available on the ]]>FFG1643 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMTSid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game is now available

Before you lies a vast bounty of land, ripe for the plucking. Your meager beginnings will influence the paths you must take. Lead your people well and they will take you to infinite heights of greatness. If your civilization manages to endure the ages, your name will hang in every whisper of its legacy...

]]>FFG1626 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMTThe rules for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game are now online

A great, wide world awaits your burgeoning empire. There are remarkable wonders to create, vast cities to build, and sprawling lands to discover. Can you lead your civilization to greatness?

To choose your path to glory, you must first know where it lies. The ]]>FFG1613 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMTA Designer Diary for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game

by Kevin Wilson

Welcome once again! As the boat approaches, laden heavily with copies of Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game, we find ourselves at the penultimate installment of this designer diary series....

by Kevin Wilson

We’ve talked a fair amount about technology and culture so far, but I glossed over the details a bit to concentrate on the big concepts. In this article I want to talk about...

After several informative designer diaries by Kevin Wilson, we have seen how many of the mechanics in Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game work. In the past weeks we have looked at an overview and ]]>FFG1552 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMTA look at culture in Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game

by Kevin Wilson

One of the truly revolutionary elements of Sid Meier’s Civilization is that you don’t have to play the game as a warmonger if you don’t want to. Many computer games depict violent activities. Civilization is unusual in that it gives you several peaceful alternatives to conquering your...

The following is another installment in a series of designer diaries for Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game by Kevin Wilson. Be sure to check out the previous designer diary ]]>FFG1475 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMTA Designer Diary for Sid Meier's Civilization: the Board Game by Kevin Wilson

This week present the first article in a series of Designer Diaries on the upcoming game, Sid Meier's Civilization, brought to you by designer Kevin Wilson (Arkham Horror, Descent: Journeys in the Dark).

Just about every game designer wants to design a civilization-building game at some point in their career. For me, it...