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Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie and Thomas Edison grace the cover of Steampunk Rally in their fantastical machines.  Artwork by David Forest and Lina Cossette.  Copyright 2014 Roxley Games.
Tesla
Ada Lovelace has constructed a new monstrosity.
The layered Damage Gauge has a rotatable face and ranges from -7 to +3.  If you are below zero when the damage phase begins, you lose that number of parts from your machine.
Steampunk Rally
Tesla begins the race by carefully crafting a set of high powered arachnolegs, which allow him to move 1 space and gain one structural integrity at the cost of 3 electricity pips. These components may change.
The Generator converts steam dice into electricity at the magnificently low cost of 2 pips.  As always, thank you to Lina Cossette and David Forest for the meticulously crafted artwork.
Box and components

Steampunk Rally (2015)

Players
2–8
Best: 3, 4, 5
Playing time
45–60 min
Age
14+
7.13
Average rating
7,215
Ratings
2.62/5
Weight
#930
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Odlotowy wyścig +1 more
Designer:Orin Bishop
Artist:David Forest, Lina Cossette
Publisher:(Web published) +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 9, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.2, Theme 6
Strategy7.0
Luck9.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.2
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Science FictionDiceRacingModular BoardVariable Player PowersSimultaneous Action SelectionDice RollingDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingRaceWorker Placement with Dice WorkersTrack MovementResource to MoveClosed Drafting

Overview

Steampunk Rally is a strategy game that incorporates steampunk as more than just a bit of chrome. Using a unique dice-placement mechanism, players take on the roles of famous inventors from the turn of the last century like Nikola Tesla and Marie Curie, constructing fantastical contraptions that make use of steam, heat and electricity in an attempt to win a no-holds-barred race through the Swiss alps.

Each round starts with a card draft in which players carefully select machine parts to add to their invention and one-shot boost cards to aid them or hinder opponents. Players also have the option of discarding drafted cards for dice or cogs to power their invention, but they must make this tricky choice when each card is drafted.

Then, after venting dice to revitalize their machines, players roll their dice and use them to activate machine parts which provide things like movement, shielding, and additional dice with which to activate more parts. Driving through terrain causes damage, and if a player's damage gauge ends up in the red at the end of the turn, they must lose parts from their invention. These will need to be replaced in the draft phase, constantly forcing players to discover new synergies.

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