This game was rather simple, but annoying to play.  The game started with 30 gears (currency) per person with the one who got the most currency by the end of the game winning.  The game ended with little more than 40 currency as the winner, and some people had lost money along the way.  The mechanic of manipulating the market price was frustrating when playing with 4 people.  The boosts weren’t very powerful, and usually caused more frustration.  I won the first game with 44 points and Steph won the second with 36 points.  Nick and Tina played along with us, and none of us enjoyed the game.  The theme didn’t have much to do with the game, since it was a pure market simulation.  There was nothing to do with Mars and little to do with Mechanics.  The art was steam punk, but nothing beyond that was.

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