In Historia, the players guide their civilization through 12,000 years of human history, from the first sparks up to the development of Singularity. Civilizations discover new technology and expand over the planet; they trade with more developed neighbors to import new technologies or exploit the land to have more power for future actions. Civilizations develop their military and wage wars with each other. They build wonders to make their civilization stand above others and to eventually attract tourists and newcomers to their land to follow their leaders and use their national advisors.

The greatest nations have been led by Leaders and wise Advisors able to choose and influence the Destiny of their nation.

In the Destiny Expansion, there are 16 Destiny tokens, with walls or arrows symbols, to place on the development matrix. A wall will prevent an improvement way on the matrix, while an arrow will facilitate the movement allowing to the player token to jump a space in a predeterminated direction.