Civilization (board game)

A 1980 strategy board game by Francis Tresham in which players develop ancient civilizations through trade, population growth, and technological advances. Its distinctive advancement track links economic growth to the risk of social catastrophe.

Civilization Trade Cards: Sets of commodity cards exchanged among players in Civilization, with higher-value sets yielding more points. Trading builds the card sets that fund advancement and determine the stakes of hazardous exchanges.
Francis Tresham: British board-game designer known for Civilization and the development of the 18xx railway-game series. He designed the 1980 game and its interlocking trade, population, and advancement systems.
Area control: A board-game mechanic in which players compete to occupy or dominate regions of a shared map. Civilization’s territorial majority determines control of land areas and access to resources.
Civilization (video game): The 1991 computer strategy game by Sid Meier in which players guide a civilization from antiquity toward the modern age. It is often conflated with Tresham’s earlier board game, though their rules and histories differ.
Civilization Advancement Cards: Cards representing cultural and technical developments that civilizations purchase with trade goods. Their costs and bonuses turn accumulated trade into lasting advantages.
Hartland Trefoil: The British board-game publisher founded by Francis Tresham, which published the original Civilization. Its 1980 edition brought Tresham’s design to players.
Commodity (game design): A tradable game resource whose value depends on its quantity, scarcity, or exchange conditions. Commodity sets are the economic units players negotiate and convert into advancement.
Mega Civilization: A 2015 board game by Glenn Drover that expands the Civilization design across a larger map and more players. It develops Tresham’s trading and advancement framework into a much larger game.
Civilization Advancement Track: The ordered track on which civilizations progress through stages of cultural and technological development. Its thresholds connect advancement to the timing and severity of calamities.
Advanced Civilization: A 1991 expansion for Civilization that adds civilizations, advancement cards, and other rules. It extends the original game’s systems rather than replacing its central trade-and-growth structure.

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