# Civolution

Civolution is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 90–180 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 8.5 out of 10 by 61 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $79.92 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 90–180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2024
- **Categories:** Dice, Science Fiction, Economic, Civilization, Exploration
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Income, Track Movement, Area Movement, Open Drafting, Dice Rolling, Events, Variable Set-up, Modular Board, Pattern Building
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.5 out of 10, from 61 reviews
- **Owned by:** 123 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 397
- **Unique players:** 403

**Designers:** Stefan Feld

**Artists:** Dennis Lohausen

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 79.92 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/civolution |
| Miniature Market | 87.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/civolution-peg57822.html |
| Cardhaus Games | 93.49 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/civolution/ |
| 401 Games | 111.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/civolution |
| Mathom | 79.2 € | https://mathom.es/es/otros-juegos-de-tablero/57439-civolucion-8436578819232.html |
| Zatu Games | 57.99 £ | https://zatu.com/products/civolution |
| Good Games | 121.54 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/civolution |
| Ludifolie | 80.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/21193-civolution.html |
| La Gameria | 80.95 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/civolucion-18152.html |
| Zacatrus | 81 € | https://zacatrus.es/civolucion.html |
| Travelling Man | 69.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/civolution |
| Svet deskovych her | 1999 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/13911/civolution |
| Spielezar | 79.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/civolution-de |
| Spelexperten | 995 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/civolution.html |
| Gameology | 149.95 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/civolution |
| World of Board Games | 1049 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/civolution |
| Hyggeonkel | 699.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/civolution |
| Pelipeikko | 94.95 € | https://pelipeikko.fi/fi/lautapelit/2983-civolution |
| Alphaspel | 1099 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/236909-civolution-en |
| Games Empire | 159.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/civolution |
| Spilforsyningen | 749.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/civolution-eng |
| Game Ninja | 1299 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/civolution/ |
| Fantasiapelit | 123.8 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_234730 |
| Nexus | 17995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/civolution/ |

## Expansions

- [Civolution: Acceptance Letter](https://www.ludoya.com/games/civolution-acceptance-letter)
- [Civolution: Promo Pack 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/civolution-promo-pack-1)

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## Upcoming events featuring this game

- Civolución — 2026-09-29 — Santander

## Rules questions

### Can I move into a territory that already has another tribe’s encampment, and what happens to the displaced tribe?

Yes — you may displace a tribe when migrating into an occupied territory: the displaced tribe is placed into the wilderness (keeps its current upright/lying state) and your migrating tribe takes the vacated encampment but must be laid down (weakened). (Rulebook p15)

### How exactly do I install a research card — do I have to pay materials or do costs change by stage?

You pick the column (or must use the existing column for that card type), the card is installed in the lowest free stage and only the leftmost cost spaces for that stage are active; you must fulfill all active cost spaces by returning materials or meeting feature requirements, then gain any success points and instant bonus before inserting the card. (Rulebook pp24–25)

### When do I perform an income chip’s action — and what happens when I take an income chip?

When you take an income chip you immediately install it and perform its action once; thereafter the chip remains in your stage partition, its action automatically triggers each Income phase, and you can also use a separate key action to perform one of your income-chip actions (or take 1 success point instead). (Rulebook p23)

### How does feeding work at the end of an era — what if I can’t pay for a tribe’s food?

Each encampment or boat tribe costs 1 food and each wilderness tribe costs 2 (farms make encampment tribes automatically fed and reduce wilderness cost to 1); any tribe you don’t feed is weakened (strong → laid down) or dies (weak → returned to your supply), and you may use the Deus ex machina special action to save a dying tribe by moving your Favor disc back one step. (Rulebook p33)

### How do favor tests work — can I change or influence my fate dice?

You roll all your fate dice and pass depending on how far your disc is on the Favor of Agera track (higher spaces allow more successful faces or auto-pass on the rightmost); you may spend idea markers to increase or decrease a fate die’s value by one per marker before resolving the test. (Rulebook p17)

### How are scoring categories like Technology, Evolution and Expansion calculated at era scoring?

Each category has a defined unit: Technology (and other progress tracks) scores by multiplying your disc’s space on that progress track by the category points, Evolution scores by multiplying your total feature markers by the points, and Expansion scores by multiplying the number of territories where you have at least one tribe by the points; final scoring proceeds through each category as described and determines the starting civilization for the next era. (Rulebook pp35–36)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/civolution)
- [Civolution in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/civolution)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/400602)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._