Dice Hate Me Games RSTRCMPD Compounded, Multicoloured

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Like I said the game looks great and it attracts a lot of attention on the table. The theme is unique and who doesn’t enjoy SCIENCE (read that in the voice of the guy from the Thomas Dolby song). Casual Gamers: Yes! Easy to learn and easy to teach. It wraps up in about 40 to 45 minutes and you can get on with life.

Antimatter Matters balances strategic choices, surprising interactions with other players and the unpredictable nature of the universe. Simple rules-10 minutes to learn-lead to exciting, fun gameplay. Imagine the combination of benefits, or just the immense fun you’d get when you combine an utterly new fascinating subject (particularly one that appears for the ‘extremely’ clever) with some necessary strategy – the result is fascinating board games with serious outcomes yet totally engrossing, fun.This is for the three to four player standard version of Compounded. A variant adds ‘Lab Partners’ Compounds, double-sized complex Compounds requiring more Elements. Intended to be completed by two scientists, they will both receive the Atomic Points and its benefits for completing it. A two-player variant adds a third ‘dummy’ player named Nobel, his actions being controlled by the lead scientist. Some compounds can grant you access to tools like a graduated cylinder, journal or keys. These give you special abilities that are either one-shots or last for the entire game.

In the Study phase, each scientist can use his Action tokens to claim Compounds. Once a scientist has claimed a Compound, no other scientist can score from it. Initially a scientist has only the one Action token, but completing Compounds can increase this number to four. With the right group of four or five at the table, Compounded’s low-key tension allows for a bit of interesting interaction, while still making room for a bit of conversation. The decisions aren’t terribly challenging, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t fun in the experience. I love that I can casually set my neighbor’s Acetylene on fire without jeopardizing our friendship. I love that a Lab Fire can set half the Research Field ablaze and turn the game upside down in a matter of seconds without anyone stomping their feet or pouting. In all honesty, everyone kind of wants that to happen just to have the story to tell—provided they’ve loaded their Fire Extinguisher.

This game works very well with two players. It comes with a special “third player AI” card, that automatically places elements onto the board when playing with two. I have played two player games both with, and without this card, and it seems to be fun either way. I highly recommend this game for couples. There are currently three mini expansions available for this game: Lab Partners (comes in the base game), Chemical Chaos and Methamphetamine. The first big box expansion, Compounded: Geiger Expansion, is now available. The basic premise of the game is to place little gems (elements) on different compounds to “complete” them, and add them to your lab. Elements are received each round through a blind-draw mechanism. As you complete more compounds, you level up, and gain the ability to work on more compounds at a time, place more elements, and draw more from the bag. Beautifully appointed and heavily themed, Compounded is a game about chemical research in which scientists attempt to create as many Compounds as possible whilst avoiding the possibility of lab explosions! For two to five scientists aged thirteen and up, it is a set collecting and trading game that can played through in roughly ninety minutes..