Gizmos
Gizmos2018
You are a pre-eminent scientific mind competing at the Great Science Fair. To win the blue ribbon, you have to build the best engines and machinery. As you collect energy marbles and use them to craft gizmos for your machines, you can strategically trigger chain reactions that prolong your turn and help you gain more points.
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Types
Card Game
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Themes
Sci-fi
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Playtime
40-50 Min
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Players
2-4 Players
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Age
14+
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Releases
2018
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Designers
Phil Walker-Harding
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Artists
Hannah Cardoso, Júlia Ferrari, Giovanna BC Guimarães, Mathieu Harlaut, Saeed Jalabi
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Publishers
ADC Blackfire Entertainment
Arclight Games
Asmodee
Board Game VN
BoardM Factory
Broadway Toys Ltd.
CMON Global Limited
Delta Vision Publishing
Edge Entertainment
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Lex Games
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Gizmos is a dynamic race to be the Science Fair’s top inventor. In the end, only one will walk away with the blue ribbon for their machine. You start with modest parts, but each turn lets you perform one of four actions: - File: Reserve a card for future construction. - Pick: Grab an energy marble from the 3D dispenser. - Build: Use energy marbles to construct a Gizmo from your archive or the display. - Research: Draw cards and choose one to File or Build. Soon, your lab hums with synergy: one Gizmo activates another, kicking off a chain reaction that surprises even you. In that way, Gizmos is an engine-builder: the more you build, the more you trigger; the more you trigger, the smarter you feel. The game ends when a player builds 16 Gizmos or 4 Level III Gizmos. Victory points are tallied, and the most brilliant inventor wins. Even though first-time players may find themselves slightly overwhelmed by the array of symbols, by the second game, they tend to grasp the rhythm. That said, there’s somewhat of a ceiling: once you’ve got the core mechanics down, gameplay can feel formulaic across sessions. So is Gizmos perfect? No. But it’s very close to something special.