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The idea of stacking objects while maintaining their structural integrity isn’t the reason I play board games, but any time I play a game where I have resources or tokens in my supply, I find myself stacking them anyway, so why not put that skill to the test in a way I can laugh at and be laughed at right back? Men at Work fits the bill perfectly: easy to learn, cards that can be read and understood by my 6 year old and a level of difficulty that means nobody is immune to screwing up and bringing a fledgling building site crumbling. Think of classic games like tiddlywinks, marbles, Subbuteo, even throwing playing cards into a bowl. Played it lots as 2 player and even tried a 3 player game with our 4 year old daughter which wasn't entirely unsuccessful. If they cause an accident during clean up, they will also give up a safety certificate and miss their go.
When a hot man is lying in a narrow passageway, do you pluck him out with your fingertips, or drag him out with the hook and hope he doesn’t snag and cause further damage? The production values are really high, even the box insert is perfectly formed to hold everything in place, with the worker meeples lined up like a little terracotta army. The hardest thing for most players to remember is the revealed Instruction Card text—some of it is short-hand to fit on the card, but the rules have a thorough reference section. Each piece is addictive to touch and beautiful to look at, especially once you have a messy tower of pieces stacked up and you can appreciate the chaotic artistry. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.Even the game’s method of assigning what you’ll stack is a perfect example of how Men at Work pulls you out of your comfort zone.
The pictures show what a player must add to the site and the instructions tell them how to add these items. I think the reason being is I feel like I have my own fate in my hands, and that I have a sense of control. When a fallen girder is resting against both the table and still supporting weight, how do you proceed?On their turn the player can choose to play one of their cards to replace one of the instruction cards. By way of examples, a worker might have to be placed and then have a brick and a beam balanced on them, or they might have to be placed right on the end of a girder.
You must balance workers on the girders and, to make things even more nerve racking, your builders may have to carry little wooden bricks or wooden beams on their shoulders. There are also cardboard safety certificates – every player gets a certain number to start the game – as well as victory point tokens and an instruction deck. It is the kind of game that can be played by a wide variety of ages and gaming abilities, and it has the potential to draw in the non-gamers at a family gathering. Or maybe you just run out of construction materials, at which point both certificates and awards are worth one point apiece. But the cleanup is a crucial moment, resetting the tower to baseline compliance, no girders touching the ground, no castoff bricks lingering beneath the skyscraper, no bodies distressing the current workforce.A hardhat for a Worker Meeple, or a Girder for, well a girder, but be careful when constructing as any fall to the ground will result in your go finishing and more importantly you loosing a precious Safety Certificate!
Men at Work comes with a number of different set-up options and a cardboard crane that can be used to balance girders on. Pretzel Games has a knack for producing quality dexterity games, I love that Plan B has branched out into this market with their label. David Norris on A deep dive into Suburbia Collector’s Edition – Review Haha this story is all to familiar. The winner is determined by safety certificates and Worker of the Month awards depending on the condition that ended the game.A particularly bad mess can feel like plucking a single straw from a bird’s nest without unsettling the surrounding straws, while balancing on tiptoe atop a fully extended ladder. The youngest player sets up the construction site my organizing 3 supports, 1 of each colour of girder and one worker. As long as your piece and the structure stay upright and nothing hits the table, you’re golden and you’re turn is over .
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