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2022
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Description
Furnace expands into the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century — the interwar period known as the interbellum. In this expansion, you will find new Company cards and Capitalists, new abilities, Manager tokens, variable Capital discs, a set of components for a fifth player, and new Agents for two-player and single-player games. All of this exists within beautiful industrial buildings and structures from the epoch of Art Deco, Constructivism, and Bauhaus.
Interbellum is designed for players who are already familiar with Furnace. The expansion is best played if all of its elements are added to the base game, but if you don’t feel up to it, you can get to know it piece by piece.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds depth to base mechanics with new capitalism interactions
- Balancing remains solid across new cards
- Expansion supports more players
Cons
- Increased complexity may slow down play
- Two-player mode with expansion can be less appealing
Thematic elements
- Capitalism expansion and modular card interactions
- Industrial expansion phase with capital interactions
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Capital discs modification — Flexibly raise or adjust capital investment up to 8
- Capitalist and manager card synergy — New capitalist cards interact with manager tokens
- Card modification and removal — Modify or destroy cards for compensation
- Fifth-player and scaling — Supports more players and modified disc rules
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Quotes (from this video)
- I really enjoyed the new capitalist cards I really enjoyed the old capitalist cards too
- There's also these variable Capital discs that you can actually modify and make even higher than four; four was the max before, you can go all the way up to eight
- I liked how there was new and ways to interact with the cards by simply adding a token to it
- The two-player AI acts like a third player who is going to be scoring points, and you really have to watch what they're doing
- If I were to play with the expansion I would not want to play two-player
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Allies or Enemies Top 10 List at 1:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- adds depth to bidding dynamics
- the secret dial introduces uncertainty and strategy
- two-player improvements make it more replayable
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- coal-based bidding with a proto-dial mechanic
- Industrial-era auction bidding
Comparison games
- Furnace
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction / Bidding — Core mechanic is bidding for valuable auctions, with coal as a resource.
- auction/bidding — Core mechanic is bidding for valuable auctions, with coal as a resource.
- secret dial — An additional secret dial changes bidding dynamics and winner certainty.
- two-player bot variations — Bots for two-player games are altered to provide distinct behavior.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Great Western Trail New Zealand is phenomenal
- this is by far the best version this takes everything I love about Great Western Trail and just it makes it smoother
- the island board that feels a lot like the rails of the north from the original
- the new cards you switch in it which lets you get a bonus without taking up a card slot in your hand
- Village Big Box just takes everything from Village all the expansions and puts it all in one big box
- Unmatched Adventures Tales to Amaze takes the original game and makes it cooperative
- the stuff in the envelopes were more interesting as well
- the aliens and The Thing are some of my favorite Final Girl variants
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 10:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Nice addition to Furnace
- Injects some life into the game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bidding — I like the bidding system this one just adds a few more little modules.
- Engine Building — Furnace a game I actually I'd really like actually I think it's a solid little engine builder.
- modules — Adds a few more little modules.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Joy Ride which is kind of a a stolen version of power boats
- Ramy uh tiny little card game where you're drafting these cards Ramy style trying to complete these objectives and that will also tailor your point scoring at the end
- take a Seat this is a you know a polyomino Style game as you're trying to fill up seats uh in a cinema with variable objectives looks like this quite a bit going on here but you know generally speaking I like polyomino style games especially when they tackle that idea from a different perspective
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