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Game Info
Year
2024
Players
1-5
Age
14+
Playtime
75 min
Complexity
2.5/5
Collection
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Description
An engine-building resource management game featuring interlocking 3D gears that players rotate to produce mana and complete magical orders while managing factory pollution.
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 36:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Positive
Pros
- Fascinating gear mechanism
- Visually appealing components, especially the 'golden ones'
- Satisfying production engine
- Unique maintenance mechanic of gears getting clogged
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Gears and mechanical contraptions
Comparison games
- Zul'kan
- Windmill Value
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action programming — you're trying to program these things and get the right things in the right combination to produce uh for the right uh you know, results.
- Engine Building — trying to build these gears so you can get the right combo of stuff at the right time.
- gear mechanism — interlocked gears that rotate and harvest stuff
- Resource Production — produce um on the bottom of every single gear, so you're trying to build these gears so you can get the right combo of stuff at the right time.
- upgrades — You can also upgrade them with stuff that goes into the center of the gears that can also um, you know, produce, but again, only when they are linked up to the bottom.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Planet Unknown is Planet Unknown in my top 10 of all time now.
- I'm generally not a fan of that, but the game is so good I'll allow it.
- I think Earth is near perfect as it is, but abundance for my wife makes the game even better.
- A musthave expansion for one of the 10 greatest games of all time, Earth Abundance.
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The Dice Tower Top 10 List at 6:13 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- upgraded metal gears and components look fantastic
- nice physical components elevate the experience
Cons
- flow can be odd and fiddly
- rules are not well written
- board design is visually dull and the fun centerpiece isn't as strong as expected
Thematic elements
- gears and mechanisms in a factory
- industrial gear workshop
- abstract mechanical theme
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — Timing and sequencing of gear actions create a chain of effects.
- Engine Building: Triggered/Cascading — Place gears and rotate them to trigger actions and resources.
- engine-building feel — Timing and sequencing of gear actions create a chain of effects.
- gear rotation / timing — Place gears and rotate them to trigger actions and resources.
- resource placement — Place components on gears to unlock actions and progression.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Seven giant heavy games. Good grief.
- The ideas are cool, but there's just something missing from Space Bureau.
- This is not a bad game. My rating for Antiquities is a 6 out of 10.
- frankly the new version is a lot better.
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Review at 0:12 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Liked the concept.
- Upgrade components are really, really nice.
- Has some really gorgeous upgrades.
Cons
- Just an okay game.
- Has a little bit of a weird flow to it.
- Almost there's like a whole flowchart of things that you're doing on your turn.
- The rules are not particularly well written.
- The board itself the game itself, even with all this nicety out there, is a little dull looking.
- The moving the gears, which should be the fun centerpiece of the game isn't really there.
Thematic elements
- Gears and things you're putting on them.
Comparison games
- Tzolk'in
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Gear turning — The core concept involves gears and placing things on them, then turning them to get resources. The direction of turning is important.
- Resource Management — Players need to time acquiring and spending resources.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Sprocket Forge is one of the heaviest games I own, and that's because I got the upgrade for this game.
- Unfortunately, Sprocket Forge is just an okay game.
- The rules are not particularly well written as many of these games are.
- Sprocket Forge, a six out of 10.
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