Designer: Matt Leacock.

In Roll Through the Ages: the Bronze Age, you’re running a fledgling civilization. You’ll need to roll some dice, which translates directly into the food and resources you need. Those resources can be used to build Monuments (i.e. Wonders), technological advancements, stave off disaster, build new cities (i.e. unlock new dice) and, of course, feed your people, who frankly can get a little whiny if you don’t.

Interesting Mechanic: It’s got to be the pegboard, right? I mean, that’s just fun.

Roll Through the Ages: the Bronze Age is a simple, compact, short gaming experience that does a great job filling in between heavier games. I haven’t played the followup (set in the Iron Age) but reviews of that one suggests that it’s more complex and not as streamlined as the Bronze Age is.

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