STONE AGE

Players: 2 to 4
Ages: 10 and up
Duration: 60-90mins.

By Ken Hay

Rio Grande Games have released this resource-gathering civilisation game.

Frist impression are always a good hint of a game and based on the quality of placing pieces this game got of to a great start. I've found that with most games with punch out pieces there is always those pieces that rip and tear. Not so with this game all nice clean punch outs. I love the leather dice cup. The wooden playing figures are a bit undefined.

Upon opening the rulebook the first thing you see is a picture of the gaming board. Around which is a numbered step by step-flow diagram on the game setup. For those of us who just want to get stuck in and play the game, and find out the rules as we go along, this is a great idea, and works well.

Our first attempt at the game took about 2 hours to play, as we where reading the rules as we went (not too many misinterpretations of the rules). The next two games took around 60 minutes each to play.

The game round consists of three phases. In the first players place their people on the game board, In the phase players use the actions of their placed people. The third consists of players feeding their people.

The strategy level of this game may not be high, but I have played at least 10 games now and have enjoyed every one so far (even the ones I didn't win). Playing with four players would be best. Playing with two is a quick, fun game.

If your looking for a bash up game this one isn't for you. This is a good family game, and a highly recommend it as such.

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