CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three...
Posted: 10 November 2021, 10:49
Come with meeeeeeeeeee
And you'll beeeeee
In a game of pure calculation
Take a look
And you'll see
A belt you're giving motion...
Set in the early 20th century of entrepreneurs and chocolatiers experimenting with new ways to create and market chocolates, YOU are assigned the task of chief chocolate maker! Chocolate Factory is a euro game of literal factory building and moving (using a pushable conveyer belt component) chocolates you must complete the largest number of chocolates required by retailers for the best value. The game also features wooden chocolate pieces and a movable conveyer belt making the physicality blended with euro mechanics a unique experience.
Players are each given a starting player board which will have two Factory parts which apply to a physical conveyer belt. The conveyer belt part of the player board contains long slot with an empty region in which to push square tiles along. The tiles will house the chocolate pieces players will manipulate throughout the game.
During the game players will initially draft new factory parts (to add to their player board) and specialists (one time use cards with special powers).
Then each player will “push” three times cocoa into their machines. During each “push” players will be able to use fuel and their factory parts to manipulate their Chocolate pieces. Careful consideration will be required for the spatial element of the game as Chocolate pieces can only be manipulated during a push by the Factory part that is adjacent to their tile.
Players score points by creating chocolates for public and personal objectives. The player with the most points at the end wins.
Easy.
You can try now the game by clicking the link right below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga ... atefactory
Action points, card drafting, pick-up and delivery, what else do you need?
That's another great release from Alley Cat Games, and thanks to them you can play it now on BGA!
Of course, we would also like to thanks Matthew Dunstan and Brett J. Gilbert, the candy designers. Yes, designing a game is a bit like being Willy Wonka.
And what about the Ommpa Loompas? The ones doing the hard work? We have one : Hersh. He developed the game beautifully, and thanks to his work, you can enjoy it pretty closely to the real game! Send him all the love you can.
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Boardgamification
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be....*
See you next Wednesday!
*(PS: sorry for the desperate attempt to translate and adapt the original song. You can propose your own version in the comments).
