Stone Age FAQ
86 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and components
- How many Civilization cards are on display in a 2- or 3-player game?
- How many Building tile piles do you use with 2, 3 or 4 players?
- Can you play the base game with five players?
- Are wood, brick, stone and gold limited, and what if they run out?
- What do the numbers beside the food and resource icons on the player board mean?
- Is there a maximum number of people figures per player?
- Does the first player token move every round?
Placing figures
- Can I add more figures to a location where I already have figures this round?
- Can I place figures on several different locations in a single placement turn?
- Can I pass during placement while I still have figures?
- Can I place a figure on a location I cannot use or afford, just to block others?
- In what order are figures' actions resolved in phase 2?
- Can I spend resources or use tools gained earlier in the same action phase?
- Is there a limit on how many figures I can send hunting?
- How many figures fit on each location?
- Can one player occupy several Civilization cards or Building tiles in a round?
- Does the Hut need exactly two figures, and what if I only place one?
- Can I place on the Hut when I already have all ten people?
- Do I have to buy the card or building I placed on?
Tools and dice rolls
- How many tools can I have?
- Do I decide on using tools before or after rolling the dice?
- Does a tool add to one die or to the total, and can I use several tools on one roll?
- Can I split a tool's value across two rolls?
- If a tool I already used is upgraded, can I use it again this round?
- When do tools get untapped?
- Do one-use tool cards add to my permanent tools or count at final scoring?
- How do tools upgrade, and do they have to level evenly?
- Must hunting dice be rolled together as one pool?
Buying huts and civilization cards
- On a dice-roll Civilization card, can I take a die whose reward I cannot use?
- How does a dice-roll (Items for dice) Civilization card work?
- Which resources can pay for a Civilization card, and can they be the same type?
- Can I use food to pay for a Civilization card or Building tile?
- Can a variable (1 to 7 resources) Building tile be paid with a mix of types?
- How many points is the Building tile needing four different resources worth?
- When is the next Building tile in a pile revealed after someone buys one?
- Can I own more than five Building tiles?
- Can I place a figure on a building I already own?
- Is there a limit on how many Civilization cards I can buy in a round or game?
- When do I get the top bonus of a Civilization card versus its scoring symbol?
- If I buy the Civilization card that gives an extra card for final scoring, must I draw it?
- If a die roll would give a Civilization card but the pile is empty, do I get a substitute?
- When do Civilization cards slide along and get refilled?
- May I look at my own face-down Civilization cards?
- Can players trade resources with each other in the base game?
- Do I get Building tile points when I buy it?
- What do brackets or separate icons on a Building tile cost mean?
- Do I have to hold the resources when placing on a hut or card?
Feeding your tribe and food
- Does a newly gained person need food in the round they arrive?
- What happens if I cannot feed my tribe?
- How does the agriculture track produce food, and do I keep a surplus?
- Can the agriculture track or my people go above ten?
- When short of food, must I spend all my food before using resources?
- Can my score go below zero?
- Was starving on purpose an intended strategy?
- Can I give back a person to cover missing food?
- Is leftover food kept between rounds?
- Does placing on the field raise my food the same round?
Game end and final scoring
- What ends the game?
- How are duplicate green Civilization cards scored?
- Do leftover resources score at the end?
- What counts for farmers, tool makers, builders and shamans at the end?
- How is a tie broken?
- Do the 1x icons on the player board give extra points?
- In the official solo variant, are the remaining Civilization cards discarded or slid?
- What if my score passes 99?
Two- and three-player games
- Which village spaces can I use in a 2- or 3-player game?
- How many players can use each resource space with 2 or 3 players?
- In a 2-player game, does using one resource block the others?
- Is there a per-player limit on resource spaces with four players?
- Does the 2-player restriction apply to the hunting grounds?
Stone Age: The ExpansionExpansion
- Can I trade in the same round I placed figures on the trader?
- Can I trade for a resource I already hold when buying a hut or card?
- How many trades can I make per round?
- What can I trade, and can a trade produce food or points?
- Do I gain 2 decorations whenever my trader marker moves?
- Can decorations from a bonus help pay for the second card on the 5th space?
- How many Civilization card spaces are used with the expansion?
- With the expansion, how many of tool maker, hut, field and trader may be used?
- Can the owner of a private forest or gold field use it every round?