Description Make the right decisions to lead your civilization to prosperity! Lead one of the seven greatest cities of Antiquity. Develop your civilization on a military, scientific, cultural, and economic level. Once built, will your Wonder bring you glory for millennia to come? No downtime, renewed fun in each game and perfect balance regardless of the number of players. What’s changed?– There has been a visual redesign of the game. The cover, the cards design, the Wonders, the insert: everything has been redesigned!– The rules have been entirely revised to make them more easily accessible to new players. There is an 8-page booklet thats much easier to understand straight away! In addition, the player aid has also been fully redesigned.– Card layout has been improved, which allows for information to be more easily read. The guild cards, spread out over the many 7 Wonders expansions, have been consolidated and added to the new base game.– The Wonders have been made bigger and more prominent, and their A and B sides have been replaced by a day side and a night side for a more flavorful experience. Both the base game and the expansions are also moving to larger, standard-sized boxes.– Thanks to symbols discreetly inserted in the contents of the game, 7 Wonders and its expansions are now adapted for colourblind players. About 7 Wonders: You are the leader of one of the 7 great cities of the Ancient World. Gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your military supremacy. Build your city and erect an architectural wonder which will transcend future times. 7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided). Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends. In essence, 7 Wonders is a card development game. Some cards have immediate effects, while others provide bonuses or upgrades later in the game. Some cards provide discounts on future purchases. Some provide military strength to overpower your neighbors and others give nothing but victory points. Each card is played immediately after being drafted, so you’ll know which cards your neighbor is receiving and how his choices might affect what you’ve already built up. Cards are passed left-right-left over the three ages, so you need to keep an eye on the neighbors in both directions. Though the box of earlier editions is listed as being for 37 players, there is an official 2-player variant included in the instructions. AWARDS & HONORS2013 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee2012 Ludoteca Ideale Winner2011/2012 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee2011 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Winner2011 Spiel des Jahres Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner2011 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee2011 Lys Passion Winner2011 Lucca Games Best Boardgame Winner2011 Juego del Ao Tico Winner2011 Juego del Ao Finalist2011 JoTa Best Light Board Game Nominee2011 JoTa Best Light Board Game Critic Award2011 JoTa Best Light Board Game Audience Award2011 JoTa Best Card Game Nominee2011 JoTa Best Card Game Critic Award2011 JoTa Best Card Game Audience Award2011 JoTa Best Artwork Nominee2011 JoTa Best Artwork Critic Award2011 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters’ Selection Winner2011 International Gamers Award – General Strategy: Multi-player Winner2011 Hra roku Winner2011 Guldbrikken Best Adult Game Winner2011 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee2011 Gouden Ludo Winner2011 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee2011 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee2011 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee2011 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Winner2011 Golden Geek Best Card Game Winner2011 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee2011 Fairplay la carte Winner2011 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner2011 As d’Or – Jeu de l’Anne Prix du Jury Winner2011 As d’Or – Jeu de l’Anne Nominee2010 Tric Trac Nominee2010 Tric Trac d’Or2010 Swiss Gamers Award Winner2010 Meeples’ Choice Award
