在浩瀚的人类历史当中，人们在不同的时期，面临着不同的挑战。在石器时代，农业诞生了﹔人类开始采集更多的自然资源，并且出现简单的房舍。人与人间渐渐有了交易行为，文明也逐渐萌发、扩展。成长的人口，也导致高效率狩猎的强烈需求。

玩家在游戏中，要试图去达成所有的挑战。有多种策略可以完成这些挑战，因此每个玩家可以选择你擅长的策略，走上不同的路。

找出你自己的策略模式，并看看它是不是能带你走向胜利的最佳策略﹗

The "Stone Age" times were hard indeed. In their roles as hunters, collectors, farmers, and tool makers, our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stone and wash their gold from the river. They trade freely, expand their village and so achieve new levels of civilization. With a balance of luck and planning, the players compete for food in this pre-historic time.

Players use up to ten tribe members each in three phases. In the first phase, players place their men in regions of the board that they think will benefit them, including the hunt, the trading center, or the quarry. In the second phase, the starting player activates each of his staffed areas in whatever sequence he chooses, followed in turn by the other players. In the third phase, players must have enough food available to feed their populations, or they face losing resources or points.