“Whoever wants to be happy, let him be so; of tomorrow there’s no knowing."
     –Lorenzo de’ Medici

Fame and Fortune , the expansion for Kevin Wilson’s acclaimed board game of century-spanning empire building, is now on sale at your local retailer and on our webstore ! With exciting new game options, new map tiles, and components for a fifth player, Fame and Fortune will deliver your civilization to remarkable new heights.

This comprehensive addition to one of last year’s most popular board games brings a host of enhancements. Great person cards provide the powerful assistance of Marco Polo, Hannibal, and scores of other great historical figures, while investment cards allow you to spend your hard-earned coin to reap lasting benefits. Discover ancient relics, expand your capital city into a metropolis, and bolster your cities with temporary fortifications or trade caravans to edge out your rivals. Are you prepared to guide your people to greatness?

Harness your culture’s greatest assets

Among the many new options and additions introduced by the Fame and Fortune expansion are metropolises, massive cities designed to spread your culture’s influence. By researching a newly included tech card, players can expand their capitals into population centers twice the size of cities, expanding their available outskirts to ten squares. What’s more, metropolis tokens confer an extra combat bonus when defending them, and produce a base of two culture rather than one!

But a city is only as powerful as its people, so Fame and Fortune introduces a new deck of Great Person cards that allows players to recruit the aid of specific great people from history, such as Joan of Arc, Hannibal, or even Gustavus Adolphus. These noteworthy figures offer potent abilities before fading into the annals of history. Can you harness their greatness for your own ends?

Four new civilizations

Fame and Fortune also brings four new civilizations into the mix, including the trade-savvy Arabs, seafaring Spanish, and learned Greeks. Players can commit resources to long-term strategies with new investment cards, or even scour the earth for relics of past cultures. All this (and more), along with components for a fifth player, will bring exciting new enhancements to your Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game experience.

Download the rules for Fame and Fortune (pdf, 3.1 MB) from our support page , and check out Kevin Wilson’s informative designer diary . Then, head to your local retailer to grab your copy today!

Designed by Kevin Wilson, Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game is inspired by the legendary computer game series created by Sid Meier. 2-4 players take on the roles of famous leaders in charge of historical civilizations, each with his or her own abilities. Players explore a module game board, build cities and buildings, fight battles, research powerful technology, and attract great people by advancing their culture. Choose your path to glory!