Subatomic: An Atom Building Game cover
2018BGG rank #4,282

Subatomic: An Atom Building Game

by John Coveyou · Genius Games

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Players2–4
Time40–60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age10+

About the game

What is Subatomic: An Atom Building Game?

Subatomic: An Atom Building Game is a deck-building game in which players compete to build a number of available elements, which score them points. Each player starts with the same small deck of cards that consist of proton, neutron, and electron cards. They use these cards to build upon their current atom (by playing these cards face-up as subatomic particles) in an attempt to construct one of the available element cards. Alternatively, players may use their hand of cards to purchase more powerful cards for later use (by playing them in combinations of face-down cards as energy and face-up cards as subatomic particles). Subatomic introduces a unique variation on deck-building with a highly accurate chemistry theme, with the ultimate goal of building elements to score points, but allowing many varying types of strategies.

How it plays

Mechanics

Action PointsDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

On the shelf

Categories

Card GameEconomicEducationalIndustry / ManufacturingMath

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