What is Civolution actually about?
We slip into the roles of students at the Technical Academy of Creation, just before they start their Civolution, the final exam in Civilization Design!
For this occasion, the cosmic faculty prepared a humanoid scenario on an isolated continent. Here, each of us holds the rank of a local deity which is closely linked to its very own civilization and must lead it to success over the other civilizations. Our developmental possibilities are endless and reach from cultural and technical progress to evolutional adaptations.
For example, what would you consider more beneficial to your tribes: inventing the wheel or growing wings? Demonstrate your ability to operate your civilization console and show us how well you can adjust to changeable environmental conditions and mild creational chaos.
When the exam ceases after four eras, whoever managed to gather the most success points will not only pass the exam but will become a full member of the Technical Academy of Creation and garner the opportunity to be promoted to the next instance.
Civolution is a medium heavy to heavy euro-style game that utilizes a dice selection mechanism to trigger actions on a tech tree-like structure. As you figure out how to best use your dice and put your unique cards into play, tons of strategies and paths to victory emerge, though each time you play, you will only explore a fraction of the possibilities that the game’s system and many cards provide.
Many of you were worried about the dice though they are part of the core mechanism and a huge part of what makes the game so unique and fun.
Each turn you choose out of your white dice, usually two, and combine them to trigger a module. It's a game about Evolution and so naturally, not everything is in your hands, you have to roll the dice from time to time. But you also have various tools to manipulate them. There are two different kinds of markers that have the power to influence the dice slightly or replace them completely. The dice can guide your actions or you can choose to invest in these manipulation markers to keep things under your control. Civolution is a game of many choices. Many, many choices!
The pink dice can make things easier or actions better - the more you have and the more you improve them (yes, you can improve dice!), the higher are your chances.
So don't worry about the dice too much. They have their right to be there!
