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Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords

Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords

Resonym · 2020Expansion
1–445–60 min10+ yrs2.0/5 complexity7.2 BGG278CouplesFamily
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Spice up your Mechanica factories with devious new inventions to build around and harmless robotic overlords to cater to! Contains 10 double-sized Invention puzzle pieces that players bid on at the start of each game and add to their factory.

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Spice up your Mechanica factories with devious new inventions to build around and harmless robotic overlords to cater to!

Contains 10 double-sized Invention puzzle pieces that players bid on at the start of each game and add to their factory. From the Teleporter that can move bots to anywhere in your factory, to the Nanobot Converter that destroys bots and gives you money, each invention will change the strategy and layout of your factory!

12 Overlord cards of which players are dealt 2 at the start of each game. Overlord cards are your completely trustworthy and totally not terrifying bosses at Mechanica. Each overlord wants you to build your factory in a particular way, and will give you a bonus based on how well you meet its request. At the end of the game, each player chooses one of her overlord cards to score, and discards the other.

—description from the publisher

game anatomy
Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating7.2 / 10
Vibe
CouplesFamily
Play time
45–60 min
Players
1–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords is a expansion for base-game game, for 1–4 players, taking ~45–60 minutes, featuring auction / bidding. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords support?
Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords is played by 1–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords take?
A game of Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords takes about 45–60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords for?
Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords?
Mechanica: Inventions & Overlords has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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