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Fantastic Factories

Achieve Industrial Dominance

Race against other players to build the most efficient set of factories in the fewest number of rounds. Carefully manage your blueprints, train your workers, and manufacture... (read more)

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Reviews
mostly positive, 75% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
45 minutes
Published
2020
Age
14+
Publisher
Friendly Skeleton/Deep Water Games
Players
1 to 5 players
Designers
Joseph Z Chen, Joseph Z. Chen, and Justin Faulkner
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Strategy Game, Industry / Manufacturing, Card Game, Open Drafting, Worker Placement, Dice Rolling, and Dice Game
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Description

Achieve Industrial Dominance

Race against other players to build the most efficient set of factories in the fewest number of rounds. Carefully manage your blueprints, train your workers, and manufacture as many goods as possible!

With over 30 unique blueprints, you'll discover new combinations of whimsical factories every time you play!

Build - Construct factories and monuments to expand your capabilities and raise your prestige.

Manufacture - Assign your dice as workers to factories to produce goods and resources.

Train - Use training facilities to manipulate your dice rolls in a variety of ways.

Hire - Pay contractors for special one-time effects like rolling extra dice or drawing cards.

Contents

  • 28 Dice
  • 96 Resource Tokens
  • 84 Goods Tokens
  • 4 Tool Label Tokens
  • 74 Blueprint Cards
  • 17 Contractor Cards
  • 1 First Player Token
  • 1 Rulebook
  • 5 Layered Player Boards
  • 5 Player Aid Cards
  • 1 Solo Player Aid Card

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Game's Categories

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  • Card Game
  • Dice Game
  • Strategy Game
  • Solo / Solitaire Game

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  • Industry / Manufacturing
  • Robots
  • Construction

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  • Dice Rolling
  • Contracts
  • End Game Bonuses
  • Hand Management
  • Open Drafting
  • Push Your Luck
  • Set Collection
  • Multi-Use Cards
  • Race
  • Turn Order: Progressive
  • Worker Placement
  • Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Tableau Building
  • Re-rolling and Locking
  • Dice Worker

Publishers

  • Portal Games
  • Broadway Toys LTD
  • Maldito Games
  • Lucky Duck Games
  • Reflexshop
  • MeepleBR
  • Strohmann Games
  • BoardM Factory
  • Deep Water Games
  • Metafactory Games
  • Friendly Skeleton
  • Friendly Skeleton/Deep Water Games

Designers

  • Justin Faulkner
  • Joseph Z Chen
  • Joseph Z. Chen

Artists

  • Joseph Z Chen
  • Joseph Z. Chen

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