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Crank up the voltage in Power Failure, an electrifying card game in which you race to build the most productive grid. Up to four players compete to meet rising demand by acquiring resources, building power plants, and activating them to generate energy. Power production is inherently volatile, though, as rash individuals risk environmental catastrophes that set everyone back. The player who provides the bustling city with the most megawatts wins!
Power Failure is a tableau-building, dexterity game of energy production. Players take 3 actions on their turns to build and use different kinds of power plants. Depending on their actions and the type of plants they operate, they'll be forced to stack blocks on the Carbon Tower, risking consequences for everyone when the tower falls. Players must manage risk while racing to complete energy contracts.
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- Hybrid of dexterity and engine-building
- Cooperative play with tense, emergent play patterns
- Thematic depth and tactile components
- Dexterity mechanics can be polarizing
- Potential variability in reception due to mixed reviews in community sources
- energy production, infrastructure risk, environmental catastrophes
- Urban power grid; a near-future city
- cooperative dexterity engine-building game with a focus on timing and risk
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Timer — sand timers drive rounds and actions, adding urgency
- Cooperative Game — players coordinate to meet demand and avoid catastrophes
- cooperative play — players coordinate to meet demand and avoid catastrophes
- dexterity — physical manipulation or skill-based actions as part of gameplay
- Engine Building — construct a grid by acquiring resources and building power plants
- engine-building — construct a grid by acquiring resources and building power plants
- Flicking — physical manipulation or skill-based actions as part of gameplay
- timers — sand timers drive rounds and actions, adding urgency
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- The art is gorgeous on the card backs.
- I'm a sucker for any mythology but especially Greek mythology.
- I really love this art and the aesthetics of Nesos.