Ion: A Compound Building Game

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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction and low emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction and low emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

ion: a compound building game offers a high level of variability in each playthrough with its diverse gameboard and multiple paths to victory. The availability of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game also provides deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. While the player interaction score is average, the game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The easiness to learn score is moderate, allowing players to grasp the game mechanics without overwhelming complexity. Overall, ion: a compound building game has a strong replayability score of 7.95 out of 10.

Luck profile

The final luck score for ion: a compound building game is 7. This indicates that the game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

ION: A Compound Building Game is a card drafting game where players select from a number of available Ion Cards and Noble Gas cards with the goal of creating sets of compounds and inert noble gases. Here’s how the game is played: Each player is dealt eight cards, must select one of those cards and then passes the remaining. Players must choose to either bond (pair) their selected card with another Element Card or set it alone (possibly to form an ionic bond at a later time). Throughout the game, players gain additional points for building specific compounds which are listed on the Compound Goal Cards and have available a set of Action Tiles which award them additional moves throughout the game. Players score points based upon the quantity and type of neutrally balanced compounds they construct and noble gas sets they collect. After three rounds, players add their total scores from each round, subtract points from Action Tiles used, and the player with the most points wins!

Mechanism

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Open Drafting Pattern Building Set Collection

Family

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Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Series: Science Games (Genius Games) Theme: Chemistry Theme: Science

Type

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Family

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