Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
With the development of cities, energy becomes more and more important. In Power On!, players should create power plants to supply energy for every city efficiently.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Secret Unit Deployment
Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
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Read the full game description
With the development of cities, energy becomes more and more important. In Power On!, players should create power plants to supply energy for every city efficiently. There are four kind of power plants players can select: coal-fired, natural gas, nuclear and renewable-energy power plants. Each kind of power plants has its pros and cons. As the game end, player who obtain the most points would win the game. Notice that when player use coal-fired or natural gas power plants to produce energy, he/she have to pile the "CO2 emission" token and make "carbon tower", thus "carbon tower" will be getting higher and higher. If carbon tower is so high that it collapses, players would pay the price.