Advanced Civilization

Advanced Civilization is an expansion game for the board game Civilization, published in 1991 by Avalon Hill. Ownership of the original game is necessary to play. While Civilization is in print (by Gibsons Games), Advanced Civilization is not, following the dissolution of the original Avalon Hill game company and sale of all rights to titles to Hasbro in 1998. Features Advanced Civilization enhances the game as much as it expands it, clarifying rules and simplifying certain aspects of the game. New features include: Assigning points to position on the Archaeological Succession Table (AST), rather than void a player from winning who has fallen behind in development Unlimited Civilization cards, omitting the fight to acquire advances before other players Seven new commodities cards, making the ever-important trade phase far more exciting Four new calamity cards Introduction of non-tradeable calamities Eight new Civilization cards, including a new group: religion Simplified trade to speed the game up Rules for 8 players Rules for late-comers and those that leave early Gameplay Gameplay is broadly similar to Civilization. Most phases of play have minor alterations which simplify or rebalance play, but are still similar to the original.