Fantasy Flight Games 'CIV01' FFGCIV01 Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn

My partner and I have regular game nights and strategy is always the most popular type amongst our friends! I’ve always been a long time fan of the civilization video games so when I saw this I had to have it! It did not disappoint!The gameplay is good, easy to learn but does take a while to go through the rules, once you pick them up though it’s easy to set up and very straight forward! Unlike a lot of strategy games, this game only takes and 1-2 hours to play depending on number of players! So if you not wanting to be stuck playing the same game all night, this one is for you. If you do want a longer game though, there is the option to play it in ‘epic mode’ which will give you a longer game.One thing to note is don’t buy this game expecting it to be exactly like the video game it’s based on! You will be disappointed! Whilst this board game echos the spirt of the video game and has a lot of components from the game, it does play very differently!Overall a brilliant game! Definitely recommend if you are a fan of the video game or strategy board games in general! It’s become the new favourite on game nights! (Sorry Risk).I also strongly recommend the Terra Incognita expansion for this game too!

Good, fun, quick and challenging. Barbarians are a nightmare, especially with the jumping over water rule. But it's a nice little game to play overall. Seems a little limited compared to the computer version but obviously it will due to obvious spacial differences.

4 player game can take 2-3 hours, the concept of the game is excellent and rules have been well thought out with the following exceptions...Combat...it's not the best way to resolve on a simple dice roll this needs a bit of tweakingCultures...need more choice of culturesThe board and pieces are of very good quality and the cards are well designed and thought outIn summary a very entertaining game, but could be improved with better military strategy and more cultures so my personal rating...Quality 5/5Rules 5/5Gameplay 5/5Combat 3/5Cultures 3/5Flexibility 4/5all in all 4/5 recommend you buy, but I think tweaks are needed in any expansion or new version of this game

For the full on nerd inside of you. Me and mrs occasionally crack this out, takes a couple hours to finish, and once you are used to the setting up of things it gets a little quicker,we both really enjoy this...still waiting in the Mrs to win a game.

Great simplified version of pc game, equally great playing with 2 or 4 players, enough variation in the board to change each game. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys strategic type games.

game box was a little bit damaged, but inside the box everything is ok.

Loads of fun.Doesn't have a steep learning curve which seems to be the case with most board games.

A nice port of a computer classic. Our family love this game and it can generally be played in 2 hrs.