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2017 Ranked #20,995

Metal Mania

A music career game has players assemble a heavy metal band, record releases, perform concerts and tours, and seek the genre throne. Building a dream lineup must translate into enough momentum to rise above competing bands.

Card Game Music Worker Placement Dice Rolling

Players

2-5

Play time

40-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.83/5

Rating

5.66

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Imagine that your favorite heavy metal musicians are at the peak of their careers. Imagine that you can bring them all together to build your dream band.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Worker Placement

Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Read the full game description

Imagine that your favorite heavy metal musicians are at the peak of their careers. Imagine that you can bring them all together to build your dream band. Imagine that you aspire to conquer the throne of metal! Metal Mania is a thematic game that honors the greatest heavy metal bands, with you trying to drive your metal band to the top by recording demos and LPs, performing in concerts and tours, and drinking beer. Up the irons!

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Category

2
Card Game Music

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Worker Placement

Family

1
Crowdfunding: Verkami

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
40–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Fernando Lafuente

Artists

1
Alba Aragon

Publishers

1
GDM Games

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