2026 · Card Game
Near: Echoes of Civilizations
Rewrite 3,000 years of history by combining real-world civilizations, discoveries, and landmark events across three Ages of four turns. Each turn, play two cards to develop five domains—Transport, Trade, Military, Religion, and Production—trigger events or discoveries, and build structures on the shared world board. At the end of each Age, players score based on changing objectives and their influence on history. Final scoring varies according to the chosen civilization, starting wonder, played cards, and overall strategy.
- Players
- 2–4 best 3
- Playing time
- 60–120 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
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