Near - L’Écho des Civilisations

Near - L’Écho des Civilisations: Rewrite 3,000 Years of History!

In Near - L’Écho des Civilisations, you guide a nascent civilization through three millennia of technological and scientific advancements. Inspired by real-life peoples, discoveries, and events, this civilization game lets you rewrite history your way. Its elegant hand management system is based on multi-purpose cards: it’s up to you to choose the right moment to make the most of them!

How to Play Near - L’Écho des Civilisations?

The game unfolds over 3 ages, each consisting of 4 rounds. On your turn, play 2 cards from your hand. For each card, choose to:

• play it to trigger its effect and make history through an event or discovery;
• discard it to construct the associated building on the World board;
• discard it to obtain the corresponding Development token and advance one of your 5 Domains (Transportation, Trade, Military, Religion, Production).

Then draw 2 cards to replenish your hand. Score points at the end of each Age based on objectives to win the game!

Why fall in love with Near - L’Écho des Civilisations?

• Elegant mechanics with multiple choices
• A captivating alternate history, inspired by real historical events
• Games that are always fresh
• Mind-boggling strategic depth

Content:

• 1 Rulebook
• 4 Player Boards
• 1 History Board
• 100 printed wooden Building tokens
• 20 wooden Resource tokens
• 9 assorted wooden tokens
• 130 Action cards (57x89mm)
• 10 Civilization cards (57x89mm)
• 10 Wonder cards (57x89mm)
• 128 History Marker tokens
• 20 Expertise tiles
• 9 Terrain tiles
• 8 Event tiles
• 6 Domination tiles
• 3 Age tiles
• 50 Development tokens
• 77 Gold Coin tokens
• 25 Victory tokens
• 13 Enemy tokens
• 9 Ruin tokens
• 8 Score tokens