Table Town
TABLE TOWN
Tabletop community
Home · Hot games · Strategy Games
My 5 year old was not happy about the gaming ending when it did. She wanted one more round. She's not a good loser.
The Networks, Production Version, played 7/1/16, Opening game setup
My custom blank card
Me tangling with the toughest 10 year-old network executive around!
Prototype cover for The Networks. This will be the approach we will use, but the images on the TV screens will be different.
Essen - Spiel 2015 - Solo game at the demo table. Was fun :)
The final box cover for The Networks.
Essen - Spiel 2015 - Gil Hova presenting the game at the Kickstarter booth
Loving The Networks
Missed Opportunity - These should have been die cut because everybody loves Ferret tokens!

The Networks: Primetime (2016)

Players
1–5
Best: 4
Playing time
60–90 min
Age
13+
7.13
Average rating
7,008
Ratings
2.60/5
Weight
#917
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:The Networks +2 more
Designer:Gil Hova
Artist:Heiko Günther, Travis Kinchy
Publisher:Board&Dice +4 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 4, Interaction 2, Complexity 5.2, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck4.0
Interaction2.0
Complexity5.2
Theme5.0

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

EconomicMovies / TV / Radio themeHumorSet CollectionOpen DraftingSolo / Solitaire GameTurn Order: Stat-BasedEnd Game BonusesIncome

Overview

In The Networks, you and your opponents are new television networks, and you need new programming. For this, you’ll need Shows, Stars, and Ads.

Shows need Stars and Ads. Stars give you bonus viewers (points), and Ads give you extra money. You’ll need everything you can get; you'll have a small amount of resources and time, and you must grab the latest hot show before your opponents.

And some Stars will give their best effort only if you put them on in the proper conditions. For example, some Stars only want to be put on dramas. Other Stars want to be the only Star on the show. And your Ads will give you the most money only if you put them on in the correct time slot.

Finally, Shows age and viewers lose interest, so you have to keep your line-up fresh by canceling shows and sending them into reruns. Fortunately, you can get viewers from your reruns, and you'll get bonuses if you get a lot of shows of the same genre throughout the game.

If you need a special push, Network Cards can give you special powers — but will a Network Card be better than another action? You'll have to make that call.

The player with the most viewers after five seasons wins!

Expansions

The Networks: On the Air
The Networks: Executives
The Networks: Telly Time
The Networks: More Executives
The Networks: Megacorp
Not available yet

Player reviews, retailers/pricing and rules videos have no real data source for this game yet.

View on BoardGameGeek ↗

Discussions

BGGView discussions on BoardGameGeek

Be the first to discuss

Reviews

No reviews yet
to write a review.