2017Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag
- Videos
- 93
- Creators
- 57
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight

2023Helge Ostertag
Some reviews. Age of Innovation is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 22 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Age of Innovation is a standalone game set in the world of Terra Mystica. Twelve factions, each with unique characteristics, populate this world of varying terrains. Here you will compete to erect buildings and merge them into cities. Each game allows you to create new combinations of factions, homelands, and abilities so that each game isn't the same as another. You control one of these factions and will terraform the game map's terrain into your homelands where you can erect your buildings. Proximity to other factions may limit your expansion, but it also gains you significant advantages in the game. This tension adds to the appeal of the Terra Mystica series. Upgrade your buildings to gain valuable resources such as tools, scholars, money, and power. Build schools to advance in different sciences and collect books, which you can use to make innovations. Build your palace to gain a powerful new ability or build workshops, guilds, and universities to complete your culture. -description from the publisher
Learn to play
Review
Age of Innovation has 59 videos from 39 creators: 22 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 11 playthroughs, 10 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2023 to October 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play Age of Innovation board game - Full teach + Visuals - Peaky Boardgamer" by Peaky Boardgamer, which runs 36 min. For a quicker teach, "Age of Innovation - Strategy Overview" runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Age of Innovation vs Terra Mystica - Board Game Review & Comparison" by Board Gaming Ramblings. 19 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Terra Mystica: L'Era delle Scoperte (gioco da tavolo) - Gameplay italiano" by Il Punto Ludico, one of 11 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Gaia Project, Terra Mystica, Feya's Swamp and Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet, also by Helge Ostertag. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2023.
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2017Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
2012Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag
2 - 5 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
2025Helge Ostertag, Anselm Ostertag
2 - 4 players80 - 100 minHeavy weight
2024Jens Drögemüller, Helge Ostertag
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Age of Innovation is a standalone game set in the world of Terra Mystica. Twelve factions, each with unique characteristics, populate this world of varying terrains. Here you will compete to erect buildings and merge them into cities. Each game allows you to create new combinations of factions, homelands, and abilities so that each game isn't the same as another. You control one of these factions and will terraform the game map's terrain into your homelands where you can erect your buildings. Proximity to other factions may limit your expansion, but it also gains you significant advantages in the game. This tension adds to the appeal of the Terra Mystica series. Upgrade your buildings to gain valuable resources such as tools, scholars, money, and power. Build schools to advance in different sciences and collect books, which you can use to make innovations. Build your palace to gain a powerful new ability or build workshops, guilds, and universities to complete your culture. -description from the publisher
Designer
Helge Ostertag
Artists
Álvaro Calvo Escudero, Lukas Siegmon
Publisher
Capstone Games
Mechanics