Era: Medieval Age

Era is a new line of dice games from Eggertspiel and the spiritual successor to Roll Through the Ages.

In Era: Medieval Age, players roll dice representing the four classes of medieval society: peasants, clergy, nobles, and burghers in an attempt to build the most prosperous medieval city.

Era: Medieval Age is a “roll-and-build” game: your dice rolls give you resources including food, wood, stone, and trade goods that you’ll use to build walls, keeps, farms, and other structures using beautiful three dimensional sculpted pieces. When the game is over, each player will have their own, unique model of a city – which will be different each time you play.

Players compete for buildings but also interact via disasters (including brigands, disease, famine, and scorched earth) and extortion where rival nobles shake each other down for resources.

The dice rolling is simultaneous, so play moves along quickly, with typical games taking about 45 minutes. It works with 1–4 players.

With Era, I wanted to capture the playfulness of Lego toys in a game with the table presence of classic games like Cathedral. I hope you get a chance to check it out.

Expansions and Collector Sets!

The first expansion, Era: Medieval Age – Rivers & Roads has been announced as well as a line of collector sets.

Update: the ERA base set, expansion, and collector sets are currently out of print. If another printing is planned, I’ll be sure to post another update.

Overview

Here’s a 3-minute overview of how ERA is played, by yours truly:

Components

Here’s a better look at the components that come with the game.