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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East

If you liked Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, you are going to love Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East!

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Reviews
mixed, 69% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
120 minutes
Published
2022
Age
14+
Publisher
GMT Games
Players
1 to 6 players
Designers
Chris Vorder Bruegge, Christopher Vorder Bruegge, Fred Schachter, and Mark McLaughlin
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Civilization, Ancient Civilization, War Game, Area Movement, Take That, GMT Games, and Chris Vorder Bruegge
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$90.00
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Description

If you liked Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, you are going to love Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East!

Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME) is brought to you by the same team that created Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea - designers Christopher Vorder Bruegge and Mark McLaughlin with developer Fred Schachter. ACME is neither a sequel nor an expansion, but a standalone game using the same multiplayer and solitaire systems as its predecessor with many new and exciting features to intrigue its players.

ACME is a game of the chaos-inducing wrath of gods & men - a chaos each player does their utmost to manage, survive, and guide their civilization through to triumphant victory. Spanning the ancient world from the Hellespont to the Indus, from the Caspian to the Red Sea, and from the early Bronze Age to the Hellenic Age, Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East allows you to command not just 10 but 17, SEVENTEEN CIVILIZATIONS!

If you want a War Game, you got it. If you want a friendly game, this is it too! As in Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, ACME can be all about war, but it doesn't have to be. It can be a friendly game of exploration, city building, trade, and faith. Players (solitaire, a group of up to six, or even a mix of live players with a system-driven civilization of two or more) can make of ACME what they wish or imagine. Competition can be martial or cultural, warlike or friendly, or a combination of both - how the game unfolds depends entirely on how the players want it to play. The duration of the game is also up to the players: from a multi-hour odyssey of all four Epochs to a pre-arranged shorter contest of an hour or two or to an agreed Sudden Death Victory Point threshold.

Contents

  • 1 Mounted Game Board
  • 110 Playing Cards
  • 416 Round Wooden Disks
  • 8 Wooden Blocks (3/4")
  • 6 Wooden Blocks (1")
  • 1 Sticker Sheet
  • 3 White Cylinders
  • 2 Pawns
  • 15 Cubes
  • 17 Civilization Display Cards
  • 6 Player Cards
  • 1 Solitaire Player Aid Card
  • 1 Summary Player Aid Card
  • 1 Cultural Development Display
  • 1 Rule Book
  • 1 Playbook

Mechanisms:• Area Movement• Take That

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Game's Categories

Genre

  • War Game

Themes

  • Ancient Civilization
  • Civilization

Mechanics

  • Area Movement
  • Take That

Publisher

  • GMT Games

Designers

  • Chris Vorder Bruegge
  • Christopher Vorder Bruegge
  • Fred Schachter
  • Mark McLaughlin

Developer

  • Fred Schachter

Artist

  • Mark Mahaffey

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