Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition Review

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We review the Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition, a new version of this excellent civilization-building game. Published by WizKids games, Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition is one of the greatest civ games on the market.

Tony: “Did you know that there is a revised edition of Clash of Cultures?”

Me: “NO. WAY. Do you have a revie –“

Tony pointed to the table next to him. Bathed in angelic light was an in shrink copy of Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition.

Me: “NINJA SMOKE!”

And that is how I met my copy of Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition.

Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition is a civilization building for two to four players. Games can take between 2 hours to forever (5 hours), with higher player counts taking significantly longer unless all involved have had played the game multiple times.

The game lasts six Ages, with each Age consisting of three rounds and one status phase. During each round, players take three actions (actions can be repeated) from the following:

Once all three rounds are completed, a status phase is performed:

After six Ages are completed, final scores are tallied based on the number of cities and buildings owned by the player (be it in their own cities or in cities they influenced), advances and objectives completed, Wonders constructed, and scoring Events. The player with the most points is crowned “Best Clash of Cultures Player Until the Next Game”, a.k.a. the winner.

This is my favorite board game, period. I love civilization building games and this is the most fun and well-designed civilization game I have played.

The tech tree is designed perfectly for a board game. There are nine categories of advances (twelve if you include the three governmental categories), with four advances in