Basic Gameplan - Goals for each Age - Through The Ages

Through The Ages is very complex and new players often find themselves overwhelmed by choices in the beginning. In this video I will be giving you a basic overview of goals you want to achieve in each Age.
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[@wicaksonoadi1035]

Newbie here. In my first 100-ish games, I always go for culture production in Age I and II, for example with Michelangelo + Basilica, or Gaudy with all 5 urban building types. I do this until the leader's dead, and then protect my civilization with Napoleon and/or Gandhi. It works like 30% of the time lol. I learned a lot from your channel that this is a bad strategy because of how easy another players can sabotage me with wars or infilitration.

[@jbtacticus]

Thanks for the video! I think I agree with basically everything on your list, though I have to say I always struggle to keep up on military power (I'm a peaceful guy :P).

[@DJParson]

You are welcome and I also try to be peaceful (I think a lot of people might disagree here :D) Strength probably comes in a little bit short in this video but TTA is basically always about balancing everything else with military.

[@lukedewitt4903]

Thanks, always helpful to hear a high level overview for a game as intricate as TTA. I would like to add to your comment near the end of the video that you need to play with the cards you have available. I think the aspect of card available is what really makes TTA a great game. A lot of other Civ type games have only one or two dominant strategies and they begin to feel like a skipping record going over the same song (variable player power games aren't always play experience variable games either). TTA takes the random aspect of the line of cards and asks players what can you do with this line of cards? Great content on your channel DJ thanks for all the work.

[@beloooop]

i feel the same way. trying to play the same general strategy can fail miserably in one game, but suceed in a other one. „playing the card row“ is so important.

[@DJParson]

You are very welcome, awesome that you like it! And I completely agree with you. The most important thing in TTA is always to adopt to what is available and that is the biggest reason I still love playing it after hundreds of games. The progressing card row is really a genius idea from Vlaada.

[@mattkerr5536]

Awesome video - I'd picked up a lot watching your videos but it's great to see it condensed like this!

[@DJParson]

Glad you liked it. It also was pretty fun to try to condense all of that in a short video and not to just say "it depends" (even though that is still very much true :D)

[@davidrotter4671]

Nice video! I think this is a really useful guideline for new players. I agree with most of your points but want to give a little addition. I think getting up your ressource production is more important than science production in age 1. I go way more often for iron than alchemy. Of course you shouldn´t stay at the one science production of the start but I think two or three science production is often perfectly fine. On the other hand I think that breakthrough is a more valueable card than the ressource yellow cards in age 1, but probably that has something to do with the higher amount of ressource yellow cards and that you want to balance things out (So if I am on iron I don´ t really need yellow cards that give me ressources). One thing that should maybe be mentioned to age 4 is, that you then often finish your age 3 wonder (because you can spend your ressources without concerning about a war). So always keep in mind that you have enough ressources left to finish your wonder when age 3 is going to end.

[@DJParson]

Thanks and I can definitely agree with your addition. I think in the very beginning, you should get some more science going (2-3 is probably fine) and then resources might become more important. Ofc that also depends on available technology, leaders etc but overall I would say either of them is very important. Also agree with your comment on Age 4, I forgot to mention the Age 3 wonders and Age 4 is often the best time to finish them.

[@dominiclohry1782]

thank you for this!

[@the_rover1]

I spot the TdA board game edition in the back 😁

[@DJParson]

Nicely spotted! Any other games you recognize? 🙃

[@stefanalenius]

3:15 Not sure what you mean by getting a leader that gives you resources if you have a leader that gives you science and vice versa... science is very important in all ages, especially towards the end of age ii, and even if you get for example homeros in age a, you clearly need to focus on a leader that will give you science later on aswell. Resources can be picked up with actions using cards like Reserves and Urban Growth. Please explain in more detail and thanks for a good video.

[@DJParson]

It was more intended as a general advise to not go too all in on one thing. So if you have great Ressource production already (lets say 3 Iron) Isabella´s +1 Ressource production is not as important and the same applies to Science as well. You want to find a balance for your production and leaders are great to help with that. I guess I worded it a little poorly. If you go for a science leader Age A that doesn´t necessarily mean you should go for a ressource leader in Age 1.