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Mutants

Players

1-4

Time

45-60

Age

10+

Weight

2.55

Rating

7.19

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Mutants has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction among players. However, it does not emphasize cooperation as much.

Replay value

Mutants offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, multiple paths to victory, and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities for players to explore and improve their tactics over time. The player interaction score is average. Mutants scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. While the game may take some time to learn, it offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Mutants has a strong replayability score of 7.85 out of 10.

Luck profile

Mutants has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. 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

In Mutants, 1-4 players have to mix and match genetics to create the ultimate warriors and demonstrate their prowess in the arena. By dominating the arena and freezing the most valuable mutants, you gain Victory Points — and whoever gets most of them wins. In each round, players take turns until all players have used every card in their hand. At the end of the round, the player whose token is closest to the top space of the arena track scores Victory Points based on the round track. The game proceeds in this way for five rounds, after which players reveal their archives and gain additional prestige based on the freeze value of the mutants they have placed there. On your turn, you perform three steps. First, you check to see whether you crushed the competition. Second, you move your Active Mutant left or right, triggering the Leave ability of the card being replaced by such movement. Third, you take one action from the following three: Deploy mutant: Play a mutant from your hand to your active mutant slot. Breed: Gain a new mutant card to use in battle this round. Incubate: Prepare a new mutant card to use in battle next round. The game is also provided with a solo mode called Uprising. You win Uprising if you defeat the boss. Unlike normal Mutants, you do not win by gaining points. Instead, each time you would gain points you will reduce the life off the boss by the number of points gained. If the Boss ever has zero (or less) life, you win immediately!

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Credits

Designers

2
Alara Cameron Sen-Foong Lim

Artists

2
Mateusz Komada Katarzyna Kosobucka

Publishers

1
Lucky Duck Games

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