Each player also has a specific national power and a starting technology, depending on the civilization chosen.

This expansion adds four new civilizations to the game (Arabs, Greeks, Indians and Spanish), as well as rule revisions, new map tiles that depict relics, which grant one-time bonuses for the first player to move an army to its space.

This expansion introduces six new civilizations to the game (Aztecs, English, French, Japanese, Mongols and Zulu).

The Fame and Fortune Expansion was even better received, with an aggregated score of 8.7 out of 10 on Board Game Geek.

The changes in the way great people are added to each player were also well received, making the culture path more desirable, and so were the relics giving a one time bonus, as the new feature also encouraged more exploring.