In Stone Age, the players will be moved to the Stone Age. They chop wood, break the stone and wash their gold from the river. All of them share eager to develop their civilization.

Stone Age is a classic worker placement game. The players send their workers to various places on the board in order to obtain raw materials, food, tools and talent. If they already have resources, they can buy the cards dealt and buildings by placing a worker there and pay the asking price in commodities. For this they earn points and / or other materials or other resources.

The game takes place in three phases. Send in the first phase, the players alternate their workers. Here are some limitations to be considered in accordance players. At less than 4 players, some fields are blocked. In the second phase, each player the individual locations are evaluated. In the allocation of resources here dice come into play. For a cheap raw material such as wood preserving the number of players in a 1:3 ratio, the more expensive gold, there are 1 in 6 gold dice. Here you roll up to 7 cubes, giving the whole a nice puzzle - is character.

If the players buy cards, it may happen that also needs to be diced. Some cards will be rolled with two dice. The active player chooses one of two options to choose from, all other players will get the other options, such as a commodity or a tool

If all tickets are sold or a building stack, the game ends. In the final standings, it is now the multiplication of various components. Depending on how many items after the players have collected as many workers, tools and agricultural fields they have, they now get individual scores in victory points. Who has the most victory points at the end wins the game.

In addition to the game for three or four of the game is also extremely well suitable for 2 - players, even after many games as it does not get bored and always offers new courses. Really a great game! The mix of chance and strategy is right. For us the best game of 2008!

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Year: 2008
Publisher: Hans im Glück
Author: Michael Tummelhofer
Design: Michael Menzel
Players: 2-4
Age: 10 years
Duration: about 60 minutes

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Tags: Hans in Luck