Ion: A Compound Building Game 2E

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Ability Tokens — Players can use ability tokens, three per game, offering a bonus or extra ability once per round.
• Community Goals — There are community goals or missions that players can work from.
• Drafting — Players pass around cards, taking one to place in their tableau, similar to Sushi Go.
• Set Collection — Players collect cards to form sets.
• Tableau Building — Players build a tableau in front of them by selecting cards.

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• The original one was like black cards with white text and Genius Games made a ton of products and really uh adopted a little bit more of a bright uh colorful and fun uh sort of oh something that draws you in a little bit more across their line.
• I am a big fan of not black cards with white text.
• Certainly if you want a STEM themed fun game from a company that like has gotten really really good yeah these are great feeling cards really really good at making them definitely check out Ion a compound building game and really I can say anything from Genius Games is is worth your time and attention.

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