Civilization Board Game

Reference CD

This Avalon Hill reference CD has everything you need for Civilization and Advanced Civilization!

Both games rules in PDF format
Game charts, counters, and cards.
Variant Cards and Map
A map of the game board

Plus - A PDF with Avalon Hill General magazine articles in it!

This is a very nice to have addition for the game with scenarios, variant counters, and additional rules, commentary, and discussion.

The 18 player Dawn of History v1.0 rules re-write is finished! The free downloadable PDF file is here - Link
These rules are much clearer and easier to read, some logical changes have been made to keep the vast number of calamities in check. The barbarian entity now has some new direction and capabilities. Rules for some new advancement cards heve also been introduced.

We can now get to work on the Dawn of History v2.0 major game revision with changes to trade cards, and advancement cards are going to be needed. The overall design of these aspects of the game will be more organized and logical. Look for it next year.

Counters

We have updated the 600dpi counter sets for this expanded game, the counters are available in three sets -

The complete 18 player set plus 2 sets of Barbarians - 20 sets.

Expansion only set with 9 civilizations plus 1 Barbarian - 10 sets

A Single civilization which you will need to specify in your order.

The PayPal button is set up for individual sets, so specify a quantity of 1 thru 20 and then note the names of the civilization sets you want in the comments.

Trade Cards - AH Originals

These cards are printed on 48lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. They have been professionally cut with rounded corners, just like the originals. The lamination makes these cards very durable and better than the originals in many respects.

You get a deck of 80 cards, broken down as follows:

7 - Hides (1), 7 Ochre, 5 - Iron, 5 - Papyrus (2), 9 - Salt (3), 8 - Grain (4), 7 - Cloth (5), 6 - Bronze (6), 5 - Spice (7), 4 - Gems (8), 3 - Gold (9), and 2 Blank cards.

We also threw in all the original Calamity cards. You get red backs on them too.

Now you can have it all, and you can add our other sets of Variants and Expansion cards and they will all look the same. Probably the cheapest way to beef up your original game for 9 players.

Trade Cards - Original Variants

These cards have been reproduced from the original variant deck that was sold separately in the 1980's, also included with these cards are some replacement cards for the original set, one for each commodity, and 2 blanks.

These are printed on 45lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. They have been professionally cut with rounded corners, just like the originals. The lamination makes these cards very durable and better than the originals in many respects.

You get a deck of 60 cards, broken down as follows:

8 - Ochre (1), 6 - Iron (2), 8 - Timber (3), 7 - Oil (4), 6 - Wine (5),
5 - Silver (6), 4 - Resin (7), 3 - Dye (8), 2 - Ivory (9)

1 each of Hides (1), Papyrus (2), Salt (3), Grain (4), Cloth (5), Bronze (6), Spice (7), Gems (8), Gold (9). and 2 Blank cards

Advanced Civilization Trade Cards

These cards are the same as the ones that came with the Advanced Civilization game, just new artwork.

These are printed on 48lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. They have been professionally cut with rounded corners, just like the originals. The lamination makes these cards very durable and better than the originals in many respects.

You get a deck of 100 cards, broken down as follows:
8 - Iron (2), 7 - Papyrus (2), 8 - Timber (3), 7 - Oil (4), 6 - Wine (5),
5 - Silver (6), 5 - Resin (7), 6 - Spice (7), 5 - Gems (8), 4 - Dye (8), 4 - Ivory (9), 5 - Gold (9), 24 Calamity cards, 8 with red backs, and 6 Blank cards, 2 with red backs. Calamities for both games have been included.

Expanded Trade Cards

These are new cards designed to work with the original Civilization or Advanced Civilization game. They are a compatible add-on to the original game.

These are printed on 48lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. They have been professionally cut with rounded corners, just like the originals. The lamination makes these cards very durable and better than the originals in many respects.

You get a deck of 60 cards, broken down as follows: 8 - Clay (1), 8 - Wax (2), 8 - Fish (3), 7 - Wool (4), 7 - Glass (5), 7 - Lead (6), 6 - Herbs (7), 5 - Marble (8), 4 - Silk (9)

This set will allow you to accumulate more points in the game because these sets have more cards. For example: The original game has 3 Gold cards (9) and 2 Ivory cards. This set has 4 Silk cards, and at least one more card per set than the originals for the higher cards. This set could add some flexibility to the game.

18 player game Trade Cards

These are printed on 48lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. They have been professionally cut with rounded corners, just like the originals. The lamination makes these cards very durable and better than the originals in many respects. There are 17 pages of cards, with the text colored Blue or Green for East or West.

Advancement Cards

We put in some extra effort and came up with these cards ourselves. The card design is original and the artwork is all public domain material. This new set is for v2.10, and we added two more optional cards for some game variety.

These are single side printed on 48lb card stock and laminated for a .013 final thickness. The cards, when cut they measure 2.66 x 3.33 inches.

The game technically calls for a complete set for each player. Each set is 6 pages. You can put one in your cart and change the quantity. 18 seems a bit much, but you need at least 1 set for players to refer to, maybe 2 or 3 sets?. You decide.

Credit Tokens

You get 80 double sided credit tokens that you can use with the game. This makes it easier for players to determine how many credits they have towards advancement purchases. They are 1 inch square when cut, double sided, and are printed at 600dpi, laminated, and mounted to chipboard.

Player Mats

These player mats are color cordinated to match the 18 players in the game (+2 Barbarians) Each also has the name of the civilization and images of the counters that civilization uses. They are printed at 600dpi on 24lb paper and laminated. They can be mounted to chipboard for an additional charge, please inquire.

Advancement Reference Charts

These charts are actually 4 pages (double sided) printed on 2 sheets of 48lb card stock and laminated. You can use a dry-erase marker or Sharpie to check off the Advancements that you purchase. (Sharpie requires 99% Rubbing Alcohol to remove). A set is needed for every player. This will eliminate the need for you to print off 72 disposible color pages every time you play the game. These charts can be used over and over again. We have updated them for v2.10 and now also match our Advancement cards (With Iron Working, and Irrigation added).

Here is a free PDF of the file so you can print them yourself, its still cheaper for us to print and laminate them, but if you have access to a duplex color laser printer, you can print off a set of paper sheets for each player and throw them away when the game is over. Free PDF

Map

This game map has ben scaled down to 36x76 inches from the original on the CivProject website. We did scale up the dpi from 300 to 500, where we reached the 2 gig limitation for the file format. The cards and counters fit nicely on the map. It is printed on 24lb paper and laminated. This map is mailed in a tube with plastic ends so it will not get folded or damaged in transit. You can store the entire game in it if you want to.

Its difficult to feed the 76 inch sheet into the laminator straight, so we often get maps with one corner thats missing lamination. Usually a strip an inch wide tapering down over a 12 inch length. There can be some minor printing problems with these, and other things under the lamination too (cat hair & sawdust occasionally). We can't store them any longer and are offering them at a steep discount.