What You Need to Play
To be able to play Civilization: The Expansion Project you will need to download and print:
- The Core Rulebook: 1 or 2 copies
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The Scenario Handbook: 1 copy
Only really nessesary when playing less than 18 players, but usefull even otherwise. - The Mapboard: 1 copy
- The Player Mats: 1 per player
- The Playing Pieces: 1 set per player, plus an extra set for barbarian tokens and pirate cities.
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The Civilization Advancement Cards: 1 set per player
Not realy nessesary, you can do with just the Civilization Advances Quick Chart, but the civilization cards do give a more professional feel to the game. - The Credit Tokens: 1 set
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Civilization Advancements Quick Chart: 1 per player
If you print the civilization cards, this is not really nessesary, but it does give you a better overview. - Civilization Advancements Credit Quick Chart: 1 per player
- The Trade Cards: 1 set
- Calamity Quick Chart: 1 per player
Version Information
The current version of Civilization: The Expansion Project is 2.11. Please note that not all components needs to be replaced if you are upgrading an existing game. The version number or date in the file names indicate when that component was last changed.
NB: A few components have not yet been upgraded for the latest version, those downloads are annotated with the last version for which they was valid.
Printer-ready Downloads
As Civilization: The Expansion Project isn't availible for purchase in your next-door hobby store, we are offering you these printer-ready downloads, so you can do it yourself:
- The Core Rulebook
- The Scenario Handbook for the Standard Mapboard
- The Mapboard - Standard Mapboard, with Area Names
- The Mapboard - Standard Mapboard, with Area Names
- The Mapboard - Mark's Mapboard Redux - (2.08)
- The Player Mats
- The Playing Pieces
- The Civilization Advancement Cards
- The Credit Tokens
- Civilization Advancements Quick Chart
- Civilization Advancements Credit Quick Chart
- The Trade Cards - 18 player set, standard size
- The Trade Cards - 18 player set, poker card size
- The Trade Cards - 11 player set, standard size
- The Trade Cards - 11 player set, poker card size
- Calamity Quick Chart
Computer Aids
In adition to the printed components, Civilization: The Expansion Project comes with an official credit calculator.
- Credit Calculator - Open Document version
- Credit Calculator - Microsoft Office version
Editable Downloads
As Civilization: The Expansion Project is a community driven project, we are offering all our source files used to create the above printer ready downloads.
These files are primarily intended for those of you wanting help out with the creation of future versions of Civilization: The Expansion Project, but you can print from these files as well. Doing so will, however, generally require speicfic software and some manuall preparation work, which is already done if you use the printer-ready downloads above.
- The Core Rulebook
- The Scenario Handbook for the Standard Mapboard
- The Mapboard - Standard Mapboard
- The Player Mats
- The Playing Pieces
- The Civilization Advancement Cards
- The Credit Tokens
- Civilization Advancements Quick Chart
- Civilization Advancements Credit Quick Chart
- The Trade Cards - Calamities
- The Trade Cards - Commodities
- The Trade Cards - Trade Card Back
- Calamity Quick Chart
Historical and Draft Downloads
Most historical versions, as well as drafts for future versions, can be found in the CivProjectĀ Archive.