{"id":19425,"date":"2026-05-02T14:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/age-of-innovation-future-and-past-time-becomes-your-new-ally\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:45:09","slug":"age-of-innovation-future-and-past-time-becomes-your-new-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/age-of-innovation-future-and-past-time-becomes-your-new-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Innovation: Future and Past \u2013 Time Becomes Your New Ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Publisher <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"73\">Feuerland Spiele<\/b> has just unveiled the very first expansion for its successful strategy game: <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"167\">Age of Innovation \u2013 Zukunft und Vergangenheit<\/b> (Future and Past). Scheduled for a late 2026 release, this expansion promises to deepen the strategic dilemmas that define the <i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"340\">Terra Mystica<\/i> series.<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"7\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Time Travel at the Heart of Gameplay<\/b><\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The big news is the introduction of <b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"36\">Time Travelers<\/b>. Players will now have the ability to send emissaries into the future to prepare the ground. These travelers will later return as &#8220;Learned Scholars&#8221; to boost your development.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">Even more bold, the expansion allows you to &#8220;turn back the clock&#8221;: you can unlock previously used action spaces to use them a second time in the same round\u2014a mechanic that could prove devastating if well-planned.<\/p>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"10\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Abundant New Content<\/b><\/h4>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">The expansion doesn&#8217;t just add new mechanics; it significantly enriches the base game materials:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"12\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">6 New Factions:<\/b> Discover the <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"29\">River Wardens<\/i> (Flussw\u00e4chter), the <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"63\">Libellas<\/i>, the <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"77\">Aristocrats<\/i> (Aristokraten), the <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"109\">Urbanists<\/i> (Urbaneure), the <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"136\">Futurists<\/i> (Futuristen), and the powerful <i data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"177\">Mechas<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Innovation Saturation:<\/b> With the addition of <b data-path-to-node=\"12,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"44\">5 new Competencies<\/b>, the Innovation Board becomes too crowded. In some games, players will face crucial choices and must give up bonuses they previously considered essential.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"12,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">New Modules:<\/b> The announcement confirms 3 new book actions, 3 palace tiles, 3 round bonuses, 3 invention tiles, and a new city marker.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-path-to-node=\"13\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">At a Glance<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"14\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Title:<\/b> Age of Innovation \u2013 Zukunft und Vergangenheit (Future and Past)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Availability:<\/b> Q4 2026<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Heritage:<\/b> Compatible with the <i data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\">Age of Innovation<\/i> base game, in the tradition of <i data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"79\">Terra Mystica<\/i> and <i data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"97\">Gaia Project<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15\">Whether you are an expert in resource management or a newcomer to this universe, this expansion looks to be a must-have to refresh your games and explore previously impossible strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher Feuerland Spiele has just unveiled the very first expansion&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19426,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19425\/revisions\/19426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}