Vinci - The Rise & Fall of Civilizations

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Vinci: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Manufacturer(s): Eurogames Descartes USA

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Designer: Philippe Keyaerts
Year: 2000
Number of Players: 3-6
Time to Play: 120 Min.
Ages: 12+

Stock Status: (Out of Stock)
Availability: Usually Ships in 24 to 48 Hours
Product Code: EGD2466

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Game Theme: From prehistoric times through the Middle-Ages, many civilizations followed one another. Through conquers, they built great empires and expanded their influence across vast areas. However, these empires would never last. As their influence and responsibility expanded, their inability to maintain control would weaken their empire. Their nation and culture would enter a period of decline. Other civilizations would move in and establish their own empires on the ruins of their predecessors. Thus humanity progressed.

Game Mechanics: Vinci invites you to become the leader of an incipient civilization. Using your civilization's different skills and attributes youo attempt to build an empire. Your opponents represent the leaders of other civilizations, with skills very different from yours. You are all competing for the same resources and territory while building your empires. When your empire grows so large that your people are spread too thinly to expand the empire, you declare that empire to be entering into a period of decline. Then you choose a new civilization and begin the process all over again. You earn victory points for every province that your civilizations occupy. The player who earns a predetermined number of victory points wins the game.

Game Characteristics: With easy to learn rules and beautiful game components, VINCI is a very accessible game. Each game is different from the last because the Civilization Counters offered to the players allow each civilization's characteristics to vary drastically. In order to win in the face of continually changing situations, it is necessary to be an astute strategist. Choosing the best civilization, exploiting its strengths and its weaknesses, declaring the decline of the empire at the most convenient moment are delicate decisions, and this is the challenge of VINCI. No matter what obstacles you encounter, you always remain in the race.