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Asmadi Games Innovation: Third Edition Card Game (4 Player) for 144 months to 9600 months

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Age Range (Description) 144 months to 9600 months
Number of Players 4
Brand Asmadi Games
Theme Games
Material Paper

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  • For 2-4 Players
  • Tons of replay value
  • 30-75 minute playing time
  • Skill level: All

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Innovation is a civilization-building card game by the designer of Glory to Rome, Carl Chudyk. It contains 105 cards organized into 10 progressing ages, each representing a different idea, technology, or innovation throughout history. Every card has a unique ability, leading to interesting combos, interactions, and diversified play experiences across multiple games. It is built on simple base mechanics, with the complexity deriving from the wide variety of game text on the cards. It won the 2010 Golden Geek Award for Best Card Game, awarded by Board Game Geek.

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Asmadi Games Innovation: Third:Edition:Card:Game:4:Player:asmadi

Innovation is a civilization-building card game by the designer of Glory to Rome, Carl Chudyk

This game by Carl Chudyk is a journey through innovations from the stone age through modern times. Each player builds a civilization based on various technologies, ideas, and cultural advancements, all represented by cards. Each of these cards has a unique power which will allow further advancement, point scoring, or even attacking other civilizations. Be careful though, as other civilizations may be able to benefit from your ideas as well!

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To win, you must score achievements, which you can attain by amassing points or by meeting certain criteria with the innovations you have built. Plan your civilization well, and outmaneuver your opponents, and with some luck you will achieve victory!

  • 2-4 players
  • 40-60 minute play time
  • Ages: 12+
  • Tons of replay value

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  • Innovation: Third Edition
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    4.8 out of 5 stars
    4.8 out of 5
    331 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, replayability, and ideas of the game. For example, they mention it's a great game, fun to play with the family, and one of the best games for 2 players. That said, they appreciate the play time, and variety. Opinions are mixed on ease of use and appearance.

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    28 customers mention28 positive0 negative

    Customers find the game to be a great, fun, and versatile game. They say it makes casually playing with friends enjoyable. Customers also say it's one of the best games for 2 players and the innovation is just plain fun. They mention that the game is remarkably balanced despite having so much variability. Customers say it is 100% worth the effort and worth the time to learn.

    "...The game is remarkably balanced despite having so much variability (the same is not true for its expansions) and even when you seem out of the race,..." Read more

    "Fun game. Just what I was looking for...." Read more

    "...Go online watch it played, this game is 100% worth the effort. This is by far and away my most played game...." Read more

    "...This makes playing casually with friends enjoyable...." Read more

    7 customers mention7 positive0 negative

    Customers find the game extremely replayable, with a new dynamic every time they play. They also say the game has a lot of complexity for replay ability. Customers also say that the mechanics of the game are so strong that you could play the game completely ignoring the rules.

    "...I cannot think of another game this fantastically varied and re-playable that scales well down to two people, but also plays well with three or four...." Read more

    "This is a great card game that offers endless replay abilities...." Read more

    "...One of my favorite card/board games. Extremely replayable, new dynamic every time I play it." Read more

    "Really good and fun game. Lots of replay value and very affordable." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers find the ideas in the game interesting, unique, and thought-provoking. They also say the theme and mechanics are great, quick to learn and teach, and have tons of strategy and replay value. Customers also say it's a shockingly deep game with tons of fun.

    "...And we all agree that both the mechanics and the theme are interesting, even thought we are rarely paying attention to the themes of games." Read more

    "This is a shockingly deep game, with tons of strategy and replay value. The amount of game you get here per dollar is amazing." Read more

    "Enjoyable and thought provoking..." Read more

    "interesting and unique game..." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers find the game fun, with a reasonable play time. They say the game doesn't drag on, and it can get newbies started quickly.

    "...Also, the games don't drag on with the play time being 30 to 45 minutes.Physical Product:Pretty standard cards...." Read more

    "...of the game consisting of the same couple of actions, it’s not quickly mastered...." Read more

    "...it's very small and yet has a reasonable play time...." Read more

    "Fun game that plays in under an hour, yet has a lot of complexity for replay ability in it." Read more

    4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

    Customers find the variety in the game to be different every match. They also say the game is fantastically varied and re-playable.

    "...I cannot think of another game this fantastically varied and re-playable that scales well down to two people, but also plays well with three or four...." Read more

    "So different every match...." Read more

    "Amazing game. Different every time. Worth much more than you'll pay for it." Read more

    "Such a great game, different every time. Strategic but also affected by time passing and how you react. Love it!" Read more

    16 customers mention11 positive5 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the game. Some mention it's not complicated to explain and you can get newbies started quickly. They also say the mechanics of the games are actually very simple and the cards are well-designed to optimize clarity. However, others say it'd be a little bit on the complicated side, overwhelming, and frustrating to teach people. They mention that the game lacks consistency in how information is presented on the cards.

    "...The mechanics of the game are actually very simple and the cards are well-designed to optimize clarity, so, after a couple rounds, it's easy to get..." Read more

    "...This may be the perfect combination of skill and luck, with actions that get stronger as the game progresses...." Read more

    "Love this stupid addictive game." Read more

    "...I really enjoy the mechanics and the feeling of progression through time...." Read more

    6 customers mention3 positive3 negative

    Customers are mixed about the appearance of the game. Some mention that it's much better looking than the newer cheesy-looking versions, with well-designed cards. However, others say that it has a dramatically different aesthetic, with extraneous visual elements and distracting changes to the visual layout of the cards.

    "...The mechanics of the game are actually very simple and the cards are well-designed to optimize clarity, so, after a couple rounds, it's easy to get..." Read more

    "We enjoy this game so much, but the updated artwork isn't as sharp as the old and some of the new terms of play are odd. Still, I recommend it." Read more

    "...Physical Product:Pretty standard cards. This version has new art compared to the original version, and I prefer the new art...." Read more

    "...symbols that have useable values; the font is now bigger, but it is garish and ugly; the Innovation checkered background is added to the background..." Read more

    This is a card game about civilization building with innovations popping up so you win
    5 Stars
    This is a card game about civilization building with innovations popping up so you win
    dogma (noun)"a settled opinion, a principle held as being firmly established," c. 1600 (in plural dogmata), from Latin dogma "philosophical tenet"Dogma is used as verb in Innovation.You shuffle each Age 1-10 cards, then arrange them in a circle. There are 15 (fifteen) Age 1 cards, then Ages 2 to 10 are just 10 (ten) cards. Equals 105 cards in all.plus 5 special Achievement cards which you lay out separately.Once you have your circle from Age 1-10, you take the top card from Age 9, lay it in the center of the circle, then top of Age 8, then 7, then 6 ... to 1. and that's your regular Achievement cards. don't look at these cards, this is so no one knows which cards are NOT in play.if 1 vs. 1, then take 4 cards from Age 1, and deal each player 2 cards. then you both lay down a card (melding) to figure out who is going first.Once the game starts just read and follow the instructions of the cards, there will be some instructions that wont be clear either consult the rule book right then and there, or just skip it or play said instruction with best interpretation, but its better to just keep plowing thruand learn as you go, consult rule book after the game.After like playing 3 to 5 games, you'll get the hang of it , its pretty simple really.In time you'll know which cards to anticipate for and prepare, have a plan sure, but the cards will not always end up on your board, so you gotta adapt and overcome bob and weave go with the flow be like water, thats whythis game is soooooooooooooo so good.I'd buy the base game of INNOVATION with the Cities of Destiny expansion, not too complicated adds more variety for when you're ready for more variety.Then if you still love the game, get the other two expansions for it.Echoes of the PastandFigures in the Sand.These two you can play together with the base ( i think it was designed so ), but I'd play the base with just the Cities of Destiny separate.
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    dogma (noun)
    "a settled opinion, a principle held as being firmly established," c. 1600 (in plural dogmata), from Latin dogma "philosophical tenet"

    Dogma is used as verb in Innovation.

    You shuffle each Age 1-10 cards, then arrange them in a circle. There are 15 (fifteen) Age 1 cards, then Ages 2 to 10 are just 10 (ten) cards. Equals 105 cards in all.

    plus 5 special Achievement cards which you lay out separately.

    Once you have your circle from Age 1-10, you take the top card from Age 9, lay it in the center of the circle,

    then top of Age 8, then 7, then 6 ... to 1. and that's your regular Achievement cards. don't look at these cards, this is so no one knows which cards are NOT in play.

    if 1 vs. 1, then take 4 cards from Age 1, and deal each player 2 cards. then you both lay down a card (melding) to figure out who is going first.

    Once the game starts just read and follow the instructions of the cards, there will be some instructions that wont be clear either consult the rule book right then and there, or just skip it or play said instruction with best interpretation, but its better to just keep plowing thru

    and learn as you go, consult rule book after the game.

    After like playing 3 to 5 games, you'll get the hang of it , its pretty simple really.

    In time you'll know which cards to anticipate for and prepare, have a plan sure, but the cards will not always end up on your board, so you gotta adapt and overcome bob and weave go with the flow be like water, thats why

    this game is soooooooooooooo so good.

    I'd buy the base game of INNOVATION with the Cities of Destiny expansion, not too complicated adds more variety for when you're ready for more variety.

    Then if you still love the game, get the other two expansions for it.

    Echoes of the Past

    and

    Figures in the Sand.

    These two you can play together with the base ( i think it was designed so ), but I'd play the base with just the Cities of Destiny separate.
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