{"id":97668,"date":"2019-07-30T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/through-the-ages-expansion\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:16:20","slug":"through-the-ages-first-expansion-will-be-releasing-on-digital-platforms-first-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/30\/through-the-ages-first-expansion-will-be-releasing-on-digital-platforms-first-this-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the Ages&#8217; first expansion will be releasing on digital platforms first this September"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/through-the-ages-first-expansion-will-be-releasing-on-digital-platforms-first-this-september.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"author\">By Joe Robinson<\/span> <span class=\"date\">30 Jul 2019<\/span> <\/p>\n<div id=\"content-container\">\n<p>The impact of digital ports on board games is something that I feel will take a few years to play out. It\u2019s definitely becoming a bit of a gold-rush, with everyone and their mum getting a port these days, but whether these PC and Mobile adaptations will end up working in tandem or somehow replacing physical games is something worth keeping an eye one.<\/p>\n<p><em>Through the Ages is one of our favourite ios board games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/guides\/best-ios-board-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">but there are plenty more!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One such potential effect is going to start emerging this September. <em>Through the Ages<\/em> is a critically acclaimed strategy board game where you lead and guide a civilization \u2018through the ages\u2019, recruiting leaders, mastering technology or military strategies and building wonders and marvels. It uses mechanics such card drafting and action points and is currently 3<sup>rd<\/sup> on <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/browse\/boardgame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Board Game Geek\u2019s master ranking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was first released in 2006, republished in a new edition in 2015 but hasn\u2019t received a single expansion in all that time\u2026 until now! Czech Game Edition have just announced the first ever expansion for the game, titled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1100960\/New_Leaders__Wonders__Expansion_Pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>New Leaders &amp; Wonders<\/em><\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>If the title is a bit bland, this next bit of news is anything but \u2013 the expansion is coming to the digital adaptation of the game <strong>first<\/strong>, on <strong>September 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019<\/strong>. A physical release will follow two months later on October 24<sup>th<\/sup>. The new expansion will include new cards in the form of leaders, wonders, and new military cards and buildings.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ki97o4NtJoI?controls=0]<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s great news to see that <em>TtA<\/em> is finally getting an expansion, it\u2019s interesting the digital release is happening first, and so far in advance of the physical release. I could perhaps understand if It was a less well known game, but being so high on the BGG must denote some kind of success, so this is still an interesting move on behalf of CZE.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/reviews\/review-through-the-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our review of the digital game<\/a> if you haven\u2019t already, and we\u2019ll take a look at the new expansion when it lands in September.<\/p>\n<p><em>New Leaders &amp; Wonders will be coming to PC, iOS and Android.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Robinson 30 Jul 2019 The impact of digital ports on board games is something that I feel will take a few years to play out. It\u2019s definitely becoming a bit of a gold-rush, with everyone and their mum getting a port these days, but whether these PC and Mobile adaptations will end up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}