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Nucleum
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When Elsa von Frühlingfeld presented her invention to King Frederik Augustus II of Saxony @Spiel '23
Nucleum - Player Board
Nucleum by Zaku Boardgames
Self designed, printed and painted custom components

Nucleum (2023)

Players
1–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
60–150 min
Age
14+
8.11
Average rating
8,896
Ratings
4.19/5
Weight
#131
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Nukleum +5 more
Designer:Simone Luciani, Dávid Turczi
Artist:Andreas Resch, Zbigniew Umgelter, Piotr Sokołowski
Publisher:Intrafin Games +13 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 10, Luck 2, Interaction 2, Complexity 8.4, Theme 6
Strategy10.0
Luck2.0
Interaction2.0
Complexity8.4
Theme6.0

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

Science FictionEconomicIndustry / ManufacturingVariable Player PowersHand ManagementNetwork and Route BuildingSolo / Solitaire GameAction RetrievalTech Trees / Tech TracksEnd Game BonusesMarketIncomeContracts

Overview

When Elsa von Frühlingsfeld presented her invention to King Frederik Augustus II of Saxony, people thought it was trickery. She used the recently isolated element Uranium to heat up a jar of water and used the resulting steam to power an engine that kept the Uranium active via a process she called “atomization.” Her device, the Nucleum, ushered in a new era of energy and prosperity over the next decades. Saxony went from a minor regional power to the hub of European science and engineering. Now, a generation later, factories are still hungry for more power, demanding bigger and more Nucleums to be built, more Uranium imported from the nearby country of Bohemia, and railways and power lines built across the country to carry the tamed power of the atoms to Saxony’s great cities. Inventors, engineers, and industrialists flock to the Saxon court, vying to be the leader in this new industrial revolution.

Nucleum is a heavy euro board game in which players take role of industrialists trying to succeed during the economic and technological boom of 19th-century Saxony, fueled by the invention and spread of the Nucleum (a nuclear reactor).

Players earn victory points by developing their networks, building and powering urban buildings, securing contracts, and meeting milestones (randomized endgame goals). Each player also gets unique asymmetric technologies, giving them special powers when unlocked. Gameplay is continuous; players take turns one after another with no rounds or phases.

—description from the publisher

Expansions

Nucleum: Acrylic Nucleums Promo
Nucleum: Nucleum Half Tiles Promo
Nucleum: Australia
Nucleum: Court of Progress
Nucleum: Patrons Set
Nucleum: Neons Promo
Nucleum: New Contracts Promo
Nucleum: Energy Research Institute
Nucleum: Railway-only Action tiles Promo
Nucleum: Dice Tower Promo 2025
Nucleum: New Starting Contract Tiles
Nucleum: Neutral Buildings Promo
Nucleum: Turbine Development Tiles Promo
Nucleum: Gibraltar
Nucleum: New Military Technologies Promo
Nucleum: Plutonium Mines Expansion
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