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Stone Age Game Breakdown:

Our Rating: Stone Age rating: 5/5 stars

User Rating:Stone Age rating: 5/5 stars
(based on 1 votes)

Stone Age strategy rating: How much of a role strategic decision-making plays in determining the winnerStrategy
Stone Age score of 4
Stone Age luck rating: How much luck plays a role in determining the winnerLuck
Stone Age score of 3
Stone Age knowledge rating: How much outside knowledge is a factor in determining the winnerKnowledge
Stone Age score of 0
Stone Age creativity rating: How important the ability to think outside the box, draw, or think of unique answers is to the gameCreativity
Stone Age score of 0
Stone Age interaction rating: How much the game relies on social interaction (like acting, interpreting othersInteraction
Stone Age score of 4
Stone Age complexity rating: How difficult the game is to learn, to play without referring to the rules, and to remember for next timeComplexity
Stone Age score of 3.5

Details:

Number of Players: 2 to 4
Ages: 10+
Avg. Time to Play: 60 minutes
Released: 2008
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Designer(s): Bernd Brunnhofer & Michael Tummelhofer


Awards:
  • BoardGameRatings.com Best Strategy Game 2008
  • Spiel des Jahres Finalist 2008
  • GAMES Magazine Best Family Strategy Game 2008
  • 2008 International Gamers Award Winner (General Strategy, Multi-Player category)

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Stone Age
Stone Age board game
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Stone Age Awards:
Board Game Award: BoardGameRatings.com Best Strategy Game 2008 BoardGameRatings.com Best Strategy Game 2008
Board Game Award: Spiel des Jahres Finalist 2008 Spiel des Jahres Finalist 2008
Board Game Award: GAMES Magazine Best Family Strategy Game 2008 GAMES Magazine Best Family Strategy Game 2008
Board Game Award: 2008 International Gamers Award Winner (General Strategy, Multi-Player category) 2008 International Gamers Award Winner (General Strategy, Multi-Player category)
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Our Rating:Stone Age rating: 5/5 stars

Our Review:

Stone Age is one of those games that is so much fun to play once you get into the swing of things that you won’t mind the time you invested learning the rules, or that this game can take a little longer than many others to wrap up. The artwork is very nicely rendered, the pieces are fun to play with, and the theme is delightful. Stone Age successfully meshes a strong theme with interesting game mechanics, giving the sense that neither has undue emphasis.

And Stone Age is simply a lot of fun to play! There are interesting little pieces to collect and numerous decisions to make each turn, but the flow of the game keeps things moving at a good pace. The first time I played I found myself an hour and a half into the game, just enjoying the process and not really caring that it was so late or even who was winning.

The strategy has a light feeling to it, but actually runs deep. There are many paths to victory and enough chance (provided by dice) that there isn’t really any deep strategic analysis to slow things down. Yet, the player who can recognize and seize opportunities effectively can utilize skill to overcome luck quite easily. You certainly don’t get the feeling that the winner was chosen randomly; this is definitely a strategy game, just one that forces you to constantly reevaluate your approach.

In Stone Age, players simply try to advance their civilizations (or “families”) by gathering raw materials, constructing buildings, gathering cards of specific worker types, and hunting and growing food. This process involves managing scarce resources and limited move possibilities, and reacting to other players’ moves. Two “family” members can bring a baby into the fold, and feeding all the hungry mouths becomes more and more challenging—unless you focus your efforts on farming, which can become self-sustaining.

Another great aspect of this game is that all players are active nearly all the time. Rather than long single-player turns, the game proceeds in rounds with each player taking turns being the first to choose among many options, but each player getting a choice during every round. This keeps all players engaged and thinking, yet the pace of the game seems to move steadily onward.

Supporting two to four players, ages 10 and up, this is a great game for couples or families. The theme is sure to delight young and old and there is enough variety in strategic options to keep this game interesting for a long time. We love Stone Age and give it our highest recommendation, as our winner of the Best Strategy Game award for 2008.


User Reviews:

Stone Age rating: 5/5 stars Great game once you learn it

Okay - first and foremost, it is a bit hard to learn this game from the instructions. There is a multi-page explanation and even then, we were all somewhat confused since there are many actions which each lead to different outcomes. So read carefully. The game is actually quite subtle though at first you do not see it. We have played it about 10x in two weeks, and after the initial period of confusion, we have found a number of ways to win of relatively equal value. The one thing not to underestimate is the "civ cards". Those are quite powerful. Chance is a factor, but not so much so that it is like Settlers where one person is stuck in the dark ages with 2 settlements and the rest of the folks are building multiple cities. Because the "king" rotates, you always get a descent chance at something good. The three player version works well, though it is more fun with four.

by DL  (Jan 05 2009)


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