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Nucleum

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$43.4 $70 In stock

Category: Board Games

Nucleum: an atomic strategy game by dávid turczi and simone luciani when Elsa Von Frühlingfeld 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).

COMPONENTS
• 1 Main Board (Double-Sided)
• 1 Side Board
• 4 Player Boards
• 1 VP Flag Token
• 50 Action Tiles (Including 20 Base Action Tiles With Dots)
• 2 Special Action Tiles (For Experiment B)
• 50 Contract Tiles (4 Initial, 13 Silver, 18 Gold, 15 Purple)
• 4 VP Tokens (100/200)
• 10 Neutral Urban Building Tile
• 5 Urban Rubble Tile
• 3 Mining Rubble Tiles
• 3 Turbine Rubble Tiles
• 65 Thaler Tokens (In Denominations Of 1 And 5)
• 46 Achievement Tokens (In Denominations Of 1 And 5)
• 4 Power Plant Standees
• 4 Nucleum Tokens
• 1 First Player Marker
• 5 Endgame Condition Markers)
• 8 Milestone Tiles
• 13 Coal Import Wagon Tiles
• 1 Riesa Power Plant Standee
• 24 Uranium Cubes
• 4 General Player Aids
• 13 Setup Cards
• 1 Experiment Board
• 1 Experiment Player Aid
• 5 Starting Action Tiles
• 8 Technology Tiles

♦ Per Player Color (X4):
• 6 Milestone Markers
• 18 Worker Meeples
• 4 Turbine Tokens
• 3 Income Markers
• 4 Residences
• 4 Factories
• 4 Laboratories
• 4 Mine Tiles (2x Size 2, 2x Size 3)
• 1 Victory Point Marker

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Customer Reviews (4.5 / 5 · 2 reviews)

Hazel I. ★★★★★

The variable player powers give every game a completely different puzzle, and the atomic energy mechanic ties in thematically without feeling gimmicky. Setup takes a bit, but once the engine gets going, turns flow fast and the tension stays high until the final scoring.

Avery P. ★★★★☆

The nuclear theme and variable player powers keep every match feeling fresh, though the rulebook could use clearer examples for scoring. Setup takes a bit longer than I'd like, but once we got going the strategic depth really shined.