History of the World (board game) the number of armies it gets, its capital or starting location in parentheses, and the seas it can navigate in parentheses. Each epoch there is a minor empire and a kingdom that can be played as event cards, and these are listed at the bottom of the epoch. History of the World (board game) History of the World (often abbreviated HotW) is a board game designed by Ragnar Brothers and originally published in 1991. It is played by up to six different players in seven different epochs; each player playing a different empire in each epoch. The first edition of
Vinci (board game) head of a marauding band of Gauls without having to deal with the minutiae of where to build your new aqueduct and how many archers to train this turn. It is highly recommended for gamers who enjoy titles such as "Civilization", but who simply don't have as much energy or free time as they once had to invest in them." Vinci (board game) Vinci is a board game designed by Philippe Keyaerts. It resembles a diceless variant of "Risk" with variable special abilities and an original decline mechanic, and is also similar in some ways to "History of the World".