Civilization (board Game)

Civilization (board Game)

Civilization is a board game designed by Francis Tresham, published in the United Kingdom in 1980 by Hartland Trefoil (later by Gibsons Games), and in the US in 1981 by Avalon Hill. The game typically takes eight or more hours to play and is for two to seven players. The Civilization brand is now owned by Hasbro but is no longer published in the US.

In this game game designer Francis Tresham introduced the use of the technology tree or techtree, variants of which have been implemented in numerous later board and video games.