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Despite the fact that the North American automobile industry developed later than in Europe, the innovations in the mass production of vehicles and the immense internal market made the American automobile industry the largest and most powerful in the world.
In Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering, you will push the development of new engines and bodies with which to launch the best possible range of vehicles on the market, and you will have the opportunity to demonstrate the power of your engines in the first Grand Prix that were held in American territory.
Kraftwagen: Age of Engineering reimplements the original design by Matthias Cramer with improvements and simplifications that lessen the luck factor.
Let the roar of the engines resound, let the design of the new models attract buyers from all corners of the world, and get the prestige necessary to become the most famous car builder.
—description from the publisher
- beautiful production design
- fast teach and quick play
- clean action selection
- production may be cheaper looking
- limited worker types; AP with wild card
- rule clarity issues
- car engineering and manufacturing
- early 20th century industrial era
- euro-strategy with a tactile feel
- Great Western Trail
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action token circle drafting — place action tokens around a circle and take actions in turn order
- deck-building-like card acquisition — recruit cards into your pool to enhance actions
- engine building — buy parts and engines to race and earn VP
- engine building and building upgrades — buy parts and engines to race and earn VP
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this is definitely a simplified version of the fuller game, and it is a version of the game that plays a lot quicker.
- I would probably rather carve out an extra hour and play the full game.
- I liked it. I think it was an interesting drafting game. It plays super fast, y'all. 15-20 minutes.
- The graphic design is amazing.
- I'm excited for Race to Berlin.