Venture Angels

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Bonus token — In the third round, the player with the least fame receives a bonus token; ties result in no bonus.
• End-of-game tie-breaker — If tied, the player with the highest valued project wins.
• End-of-round actions — After all tiles are funded or discarded, players retrieve investment tokens and begin the next round by revealing tiles again.
• Fame scoring — Fame is calculated by summing the most valuable tile in each category, with extra tiles in a category granting +1 point.
• Flop mechanism — Tiles whose total investment is below their funding goal flop and are returned to the box.
• Funding goals and tile reveal — Project tiles are revealed one by one until their total investment meets or exceeds the tile's funding goal.
• Investment — The lead investor is the player who contributed the most funds to a project and collects the tile; ties are resolved by proximity and earlier investment.
• Lead investor and tile collection — The lead investor is the player who contributed the most funds to a project and collects the tile; ties are resolved by proximity and earlier investment.
• Overhyped project elimination — The project with the most funding is discarded as overhyped; ties mean neither is discarded.
• round structure — Three rounds total, each with three phases: round setup, investing, and funding.
• Secret bidding with investment tokens — Players place investment tokens face down on projects; tokens beneath a tile form a column and are revealed during funding to determine total values.
• Turn order and face-up tokens — In subsequent rounds, players with more fame go first; for each won tile, players must reveal an investment token face up, with face-up tokens placed first.
• Variable Phase Order — Three rounds total, each with three phases: round setup, investing, and funding.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Venture Angels is a three to five player game designed by Brunafi Duty with the art by Ian Oul.
• In Venture Angels, your goal is to gain the most fame by funding appealing but risky research ventures.
• That's Venture Angels.

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