# Age of Empires III - The Board Game

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 13, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-the-board-game/445224 "2008-04-13T23:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-the-board-game/445224/1 "2008-04-13T23:52:55Z")

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I was browsing through my local games store recently and discoered someone has made an Age of Empires III Board Game.

I loved the PC game, but from looking at the back of the box, the blurb seemed to suggest that the board game was a very different style of game to the PC version.

Before I go and plunk down $100+ (I think) on it I’d like to know if anyone has played, and what you thought of it?

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**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-the-board-game/445224/2 "2008-04-14T16:35:40Z")

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[QUOTE=GreedySmurf]  
I was browsing through my local games store recently and discoered someone has made an Age of Empires III Board Game.

I loved the PC game, but from looking at the back of the box, the blurb seemed to suggest that the board game was a very different style of game to the PC version.

Before I go and plunk down $100+ (I think) on it I’d like to know if anyone has played, and what you thought of it?  
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I haven’t played it myself, but several of my friends really liked it. It is definitely more a eurogame (i.e. Settlers, Puerto Rico) than a wargame. I would suggest checking the game out on [Boardgamegeek](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/22545). There are several reviews and discussions of it there.