# Inventions: Evolution of Ideas

Inventions: Evolution of Ideas is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 60–150 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.7 out of 10 by 30 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $127.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 4.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2024
- **Categories:** Industry / Manufacturing, Civilization
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Point to Point Movement, Worker Placement
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.7 out of 10, from 30 reviews
- **Owned by:** 70 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 165
- **Unique players:** 183

**Designers:** Vital Lacerda

**Artists:** Ian O'Toole

**Publishers:** Eagle-Gryphon Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 127.99 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/inventions-evolution-of-ideas |
| Magia de Tinta | 143.95 € | https://www.magiadetinta.com/es/juegos/7637-inventions-8436578817375.html |
| Get Your Fun | 164.99 € | https://www.getyourfun.it/034000-inventions-evolution-of-ideas-giochi-gestionali.html |
| Games Empire | 269.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/inventions-evolution-of-ideas |
| Nexus | 24995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/inventions-evolution-of-ideas/ |
| TLAMA games | 4499 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/inventions--evolution-of-ideas-cz-en/ |
| Guf | 299.99 $ | https://guf.com.au/products/inventions-evolution-of-ideas |
| Alphaspel | 2099 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/197073-inventions-evolution-of-ideas-ks-edition |

## Expansions

- [Inventions: Evolution of Ideas – Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/inventions-evolution-of-ideas-promo-cards)
- [Inventions: Evolution of Ideas – Upgrade Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/inventions-evolution-of-ideas-upgrade-pack)

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## Rules questions

### Can I use an exhausted citizen for actions or chain actions?

No — only citizens in the Home (standing) space are available to deploy; exhausted citizens (lying down) cannot be used until they return home at the next Era Change. (p.9, p.22)

### What's the difference between Presenting an Idea, Inventing it, and Sharing an Invention?

Presenting puts an Idea card into a Region and requires specialists to present it and then refills the Idea display; Inventing flips a presented Idea to its Invention side if you have access to the required Milestone and you move/exhaust required specialists and take a technology Aspiration; Sharing an Invention scores the presenter for each presenter citizen, moves the inventor's card to their board, lets an innovator add a citizen to the map, and gives the sharer a Wealth or wild Aspiration tile. (pp.12,13,15)

### When and how can I perform Chain Actions?

After you place or move a pillar and perform your main action (Step 2) you may perform prepared Chain Actions by placing Chain Action tokens next to a card's Chain Action icon; Chain Actions use the same action steps as main actions and are limited by your available Chain Action tokens and any special restrictions (e.g., Technology tile use). (pp.11,16,9)

### How do I know whether I have access to the Milestone required to Invent an idea?

You have access if the Milestone is in a player's Private display (yours, an opponent's where you have a citizen, or an opponent's from an era earlier than Chronos' current era), or if the Milestone is in the Common Knowledge display or discard. (p.13)

### If I share an invention, who scores and what happens to the citizens beside the card?

The presenter scores IP equal to the invention's era for each presenter citizen to the left of the card; the inventor moves the invention to their board; the innovator may add a citizen from their supply to the map; then all citizens that were beside the invention are moved onto the matching map region. (p.15)

### How many Progress tiles can I build in one turn and what does it cost in influence?

You may build up to (your Milestone era − 1) tiles in the Build Progress step; before building you pay an influence cost based on how many tiles are in your tiles display (4 tiles = 0 influence, 3 = 1, 2 = 2, 1 = 3), and each tile then requires exhausting specialists to place. (p.21)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/inventions-evolution-of-ideas)
- [Inventions: Evolution of Ideas in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/inventions-evolution-of-ideas)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/347305)

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