Dominations: Road to Civilization

You guide a tribe from its first settlements to a civilisation history remembers. The board is built from triangular domino tiles placed one at a time, and the game runs across three eras. At the end, points from cities, mastered skills, monuments and objective cards are totalled, and the highest wins. On your turn you place a domino against tiles already on the map, and every matching side gives you knowledge of one kind or another. You spend it two ways: to build a city where you have presence, or to master a skill card that becomes a permanent part of your civilisation and feeds later skills. The map crowds quickly, so placement matters as much as gain. Heavier than the tile-laying suggests, a full civilisation game in two hours that shines at 2. For a couple who have worn out Carcassonne and want long-term planning behind their tiles.