Customer Reviews

Age of Mythology The Board Game

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We bought this yesterday and played it last night. My son is a bright eight year old, and he had no difficulty at all. The biggest plus is the coolness value of having medusa / scorpion man / frost giant figures.

The game is quite easy to play. Each player has three actions (e.g. gather resources, build buildings, attack) each turn, and kids can easily choose what to do from the cards in their hand. The combat system is a bit like rock-paper-scissors, so the weakest unit can defeat the strongest (just ask my dead pharaoh). I found combat to be a little slow and unrewarding, but I imagine that a more aggressive player could make use of it. Also, it would be faster if your opponent was more than 8 years old!

In terms of educational value, anything that gets a kid to know anything at all about other cultures gets good ratings in my book. For durability, the pieces are solid enough, but there are lots of them, and lots of cards, and I will be keeping the box where visiting kids can't get at it.

It seemed to me that the randomness was maybe a little too effective - my son needed hills terrain and couldn't find any, so he seemed to lack resources a little. Also, because resources were limited, towards the end of the game it seemed that whoever gathered first was cashed up for the turn, and the other player was a bit limited. However, I'd like to play a few more times before I decided on the real effect of these points.

Age of Mythology is an extremely playable game. It is simple concept with a simple set of rules but an incredible amount of strategic choice.

Players play either Egyptian, Greek, or Norse culture, the terrain they face varies due to where they live, as do the creatures that they bring to battle.

But while the Mummies face off against Frost Giants and Medusa you must still build a civilization, with homes, sawmills, gold mines and storehouses.

The point scoring system where each turn players select which actions generate victory points allows the player to alter strategy game by game and even within a game to score the limited amount of points available.

The miniatures are excellent, detailed and durable.

With Age of Mythology Eagle Games once and for all cements itself as the successor to the Avalon Hill tradition of quality strategy games with a historical slant that will last for years.

This game is very easy to learn and the artwork is great. If you liked the PC version, you will love the boardgame. It takes about 2 hours to play one game with 2 people. The only thing that I didn't like was that if you wanted to play with more than 2 players, you will need to buy extra resource cubes.

I'm a 10-year old boy in middle school (I'm posting this review with my mom's help). I got this game and I LOVE it. I like strategy games and mythology, so this is great. It's pretty long, but it's fun even if you don't finish.My friend loves it so much that he asks me to play every time I see him.

I love this game because it is a very strategic game. It's fun because you get to learn about the culture you play in the game. So far, I've only played one game but I am going to play it many more times. Even if you think the instruction booklet is really long, keep reading.It's worth it.(If a family member knows how to play it's faster.)