History of the World (board game)

History of the World

Box of the 1993 Avalon Hill edition of History of the World
Other names	Empire
Designers	Gary Dicken Steve Kendall Phil Kendall
Illustrators	Charles Jarboe Steve Kendall Jason Spiller David Walker
Publishers	List Ragnar Brothers (1991) Compendium Games (1992) Welt der Spiele (1993) Gibsons Games (1993) Avalon Hill (1993) Hasbro (2001) Ragnar Brothers (2009) Z-Man Games (2018)
Publication	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Players	3–6
Playing time	135–270 minutes
Age range	12+

History of the World (often abbreviated HotW) is a board game designed by Ragnar Brothers and originally published in 1991. It is played by up to six players across various epochs, each player playing a different empire every round to have the greatest score at the end of the game by conquering other players' regions of the board.