While Civilization is in print as of November 2019[update] (by Gibsons Games), Advanced Civilization is not, following the dissolution of the original Avalon Hill game company and sale of all rights to titles to Hasbro in 1998.

New features include: Gameplay is broadly similar to Civilization.

Rather than being the first person to reach the end of the AST, victory is determined by points.

The largest share of points typically comes from civilization cards, followed by position on the AST; other resources that earn points are cities in play, trade cards, and tokens in treasury.

The rules are slightly modified from the board version to make it suitable for computer play.