
Simulator, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
by Mousechief
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Published
6
2013
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Consoles
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Consoles
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Synopsis:
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story. Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors. Part board game, part machine, part nod to computer games of yore, it begins with a simple mechanic. Spend tokens to traverse the wheel of life. Earn tokens by tempting the jaws of death. Then, like layers upon a pearl, game play expands, introducing fresh tactics and strategies which, turn by turn, drive a sophisticated, emergent narrative. How you play defines the lives of one family's generations through the changing ages.
Where to play
Pulled from IGDB, prioritised when they share genres with 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat.
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