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Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age

Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age

Up & Away Games · 2019Expansion
3–6180 min10+ yrs3.0/5 complexity8.1 BGG116Strategy
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Major expansion for Founding Fathers (2007) by Rick Heli that enables play through the Civil War, Gilded Age and the First World War. New Features: - Variable Outcome cards that provide random results when fighting major wars, including the wars of the base game.

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Major expansion for Founding Fathers (2007) by Rick Heli that enables play through the Civil War, Gilded Age and the First World War.

New Features:

  • Variable Outcome cards that provide random results when fighting major wars, including the wars of the base game.
  • A new player action that enables gaining and taking from others votes in Congress.
  • The Election Table that provides a new mechanism for resolving elections based mostly on the way the previous President conducted affairs.
  • The possibility of sudden death victory via Regime change.
  • New Offices such as the Admiral.
  • Initiative cards that offer Presidents more options.

Offers two new scenarios, one for the Civil War, one for the Gilded Age. Rules also permit continuing the base game so as to play from the administration of Washington to that of Wilson.

Adds 198 cards, including 75 Issues and 65 Statesmen.

Requires the base game cubes and some of its cards to play.

Compatible with the Offices & Statesmen and Ladies & Orators expansions.

game anatomy
Complexity3.0 / 5
BGG rating8.1 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Play time
180 min
Players
3–6
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age is a american civil war game, for 3–6 players, taking ~180 minutes, featuring simulation. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age support?
Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age is played by 3–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age take?
A game of Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age for?
Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age?
Founding Fathers: Civil War & the Gilded Age has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.0 out of 5.

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American Civil War →Expansion for Base-game →Negotiation →Political →Post-Napoleonic →World War I →

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