Antiquity reprint 2017

[Myrdal]

We will reprint Antiquity this year with some significant updates to the materials, including:

- We are changing the box; dimensions will be the same as the standard Splotter box, but 50% deeper to fit all the materials. The picture still shows the old box!

- The wooden pieces, which were simple cubes in past editions, have been redesigned to fit the theme (and yes, we'll check them for size!)

- There will be easy-to-handle plastic chits for pollution instead of cardboard tokens

- Some of the goods tokens which were hard to distinguish have been recoloured

 

The price will remain the same as before. We expect the reprint to be available around Essen 2017, that is, around October, depending on logistics. You can pre-order a copy now.

 

Antiquity was first published in 2004 and reprinted in 2005, 2011 and 2012. Here's the original introduction:

 

"These fields no longer yield grain the way they used to," complains the farmer. "We should settle new lands before our food runs out. Why don't we start farming olives, like our neighbours?". The cart-driver nods: "Ever since them city folks started worshipping San Giorgio I have to travel further and further to new building sites. I'm on my way now to the new inn they built. I'll change horses there and deliver this load" he gestures towards the pile of wood in the cart with his head "to the sea beyond. Gonna start some fisheries there. It is said we'll conquer those olive-farmers before long. But their land is even more polluted than ours." The farmer nods his head in reply. As the cart starts moving again, he returns to the field to harvest the last bushels of grain, growing between the stumps of what used to be a lush forest - three turns ago.

 

Antiquity is a strategy game for 2-4 players. It is set in an environment loosely modeled on Italy in the late Middle Ages. Players choose their own victory condition: they can focus on population growth, trade, conquest, or city building by choosing their patron saint. Each strategy requires a completely different style of play. Or you can choose to adore Santa Maria, the most powerful saint of all - but you'll be expected to build a civilization twice as impressive as any other player. While your economy is constantly improving, with more and more advanced cities bringing new options each turn, the land around your cities is slowly being depleted, forcing you to travel further and further to gather your raw materials - until finally, there is no more land left to farm. Let's hope one of you has won the game before that time!

[Cowboy Georges]

Antiquity c'est has been : D

[Myrdal]

Comme les claquettes chaussettes  :D

[Dodo]

C'est quand meme un putain de jeu, mais il demande un gros investissement de la part des joueurs. Et c'est rare de trouver des gens qui s'accrochent assez longtemps pour y parvenir.

C'est le principal reproche que je ferais aux Spottler apres toutes ces années. Faut etre a fond, si tu y joues en "casual" et a l'instinct le jeu te découpe en morceaux.

[Myrdal]

Ils ont fait un effort sur la taille de la boite et de certaine ressources. Pour Spottler c'est un énorme effort !

 

On peut même acheter les ressources seul sur leur site. Mais ils le déconseillent ..

 

 

 

Et ça reste un Spottler  :heart:  :heart:  :heart:

[damien]

C’est quand meme un putain de jeu, mais il demande un gros investissement de la part des joueurs. Et c’est rare de trouver des gens qui s’accrochent assez longtemps pour y parvenir.

C’est le principal reproche que je ferais aux Spottler apres toutes ces années. Faut etre a fond, si tu y joues en « casual » et a l’instinct le jeu te découpe en morceaux.

 

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Je me souviens d'une partie chez toi où nous avions suicidé la partie malgré tes conseils. Et bien cette expérience de jeu m'a beaucoup plus marqué que tous les autres jeux à mécanisme de rattrapage et compensations qui sont venus après.