City of the Great Machine
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City of the Great Machine
Description
Description
| Designer |
German Tikhomirov |
| Publisher | CrowD Games |
| Players | 1-4 |
| Playtime | 60-90 mins |
| Suggested Age | 14 and up |
| Expansions |
City of the Great Machine: Stand-In Heroes City of the Great Machine: The Escalation |
City of the Great Machine is a strategy game set in a grim universe of technocratic Victorian steampunk. The game features the conflict between the Great Machine, an artificial intelligence network, and an alliance of Heroes. The Great Machine is either controlled by a player or is automated, which completely changes the gameplay.
The Great Machine controls the City built on mobile platforms in the sky. As the Great Machine, the player (or game AI) commands a force of perfected Servants and mechanical Guards. The Great Machine's ultimate goal is to suppress social unrest and complete its grandiose Master Plan to perfect the mankind.
The other players are Heroes working together against the Great Machine to start a revolution. They encourage discontent in the City, enlist the support of famous citizens, and inflame riots. They also attempt to prevent the Great Machine from completing the Master Plan, as it leads to the enslavement of the mankind.
Game features:
City of the Great Machine may be played as One-vs-Many (2-4 players) or cooperatively/solo (1-3 players).
Modular board allows for infinite City layouts. The players may reposition the City Districts during the game.
Hidden movement. Each round, the Heroes secretly choose the Districts they will go to.
Resource management. Both sides of the conflict have multiple actions to take and pay for them in Trust (Heroes) or Bonds (the Great Machine). The same is true for movement and other tasks.
Asymmetric gameplay and unique victory conditions. The Heroes need 3 Riots to win, while the Great Machine strives to complete the Master Plan.
Secrecy. The Heroes need to conceal their plans from the Great Machine, however, they may discuss their intentions only in the presence of the Great Machine.
Customer Reviews
City of the Great Machine is a totally unique & clever game. Excellent, both multiplayer & solo.
SOLO REVIEW: First off, City of the Great Machine is my first Hidden Movement game. Im glad I picked this up! Before getting into the game itself, the game has lots of storage space and the components are of good quality.
Learning the game might seem overwhelming but it is broken down into 5 simple steps. City Event card (what you need to do to prevent a guard from coming out and to stop the Machine from advancing), Next get trust (money) for each character then place a location card to where you want to go (or stay), after that the machine takes it turn. Once that is done, you move your characters to their desired location and carry out an action. Once that is completed you check if you managed to stop the machine from bringing out another guard and advancing the clock.
The game is smooth to play, the player aid cards are a huge help in playing! If it wasn't for the player aid cards, I would have probably sold this game. There are many small details to easily overlook when learning the game.
The solo deck of cards is easy to understand and control the Ai characters, where to move them and what actions to carry out. I feel the solo / co op mode is well designed and robust.
