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I guess even Civilization VI could be played as a board game, since all of its metrics are down to simple point accumulations and everything is turn-based.
But you'd spend an absurd amount of time between turns making everything work. Going through all cities to calculate its production, science, society scores, resources, unit upkeep costs, etc.
You'd also need to keep up with way more info that is reasonable to represent with tokens : unit health and experience, each city's buildings, etc.
It is a computer-assisted board game. Replacing the computer yourself is not impossible, it's just absurdly impractical.
Computer-assisted board games are a growing subcategory. Typically they have a companion app that handles the background number crunch, RNG, and guides you through turns with what decisions are possible in each phase.
Civilization has a board game. It came out in 2010. Here are the rules.