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2004 Ranked #19,544

Igor: The Mad Scientist's Lament

This take-that building game has mad scientists assemble devices while rivals and a random assistant disrupt their plans. The first player to build devices worth ten victory points rules supreme.

Family Games Card Game Humor Variable Player Powers Tile Placement

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.45/5

Rating

5.69

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

It isn't easy being a Mad Scientist: the long nights, the horrible working conditions. And the peasants bursting in with their torches and pitchforks and weird rake things.

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It isn't easy being a Mad Scientist: the long nights, the horrible working conditions. And the peasants bursting in with their torches and pitchforks and weird rake things. But the worst has to be your incompetent minions. Here you are, trying to work on your greatest creation ever! And your bungling assistant IGOR can't procure you the parts you need. Oh, life is cruel. But there is hope! Be the first to build all your devices and you shall rule supreme! Bwahahahahahahahaha! In IGOR, players scramble to build devices, but are hampered both by the machinations of other players and their incompetent assistant IGOR. IGOR is represented by a special die, and will do something random for his Scientist every round. The first player to build ten victory points worth of devices, wins! Unlike Interactivities Ink's previous games, IGOR is a complete boxed game, with full color playing card stock cards, not photocopied index card stock.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Mike Young

Artists

1
Alexander Bradley

Publishers

2
The Game Crafter, LLC Interactivities Ink

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