Manufacturer: Mindclash Games
Anachrony is a competitive Euro-style strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world rebuilt along four different ideological Paths. The game is played through a series of turns called Eras, with past ones reachable through time travel later in the game. Players assume the roles of iconic leaders of the four Paths, striving not only for the supremacy and well-being of their people, but also their survival. After the fourth Era, an asteroid impact shakes Earth, threatening to destroy the World Capital, Earth’s last independent city. The Paths should prepare for the coming cataclysm, and when the time comes, take their part in evacuating the collapsing Capital. In the end, one of the Paths will be the new home to the reformed World Council, and lead humanity into a new future.
GAME FEATURES
- Engaging science fiction world with a vivid backstory
- Worker placement and resource management with a time travelling twist
- Unique worker system with Exosuits and four different types of workers, each with their own strengths and weaknesses
- Playable in solo or with two, three and four players, each playing a radically different Path
- Huge replayability thanks to variable player powers and countless ways to victory
- Great potential for player interactionand ways for temporary cooperation
GAME MECHANISMS
A two-tiered worker placement system
Anachrony’s worker management system features four different types of Workers, each with their strengths and weaknesses. Some action spaces are available for them by default while others are only accessible with a special form of enhancement and protection, the Exosuits. Workers and Exosuits are managed separately, and both are required for your Path’s success. Exosuits are available as highly detailed, 55mm plastic miniatures, each with a designated slot for the Worker using it.
Resource Management through Time
By powering up the Time Rifts to connect past and present, the Paths are able to request resources from their very own future at the beginning of each Era. These resources can greatly boost their progress, but in later Eras, the loop has to be closed, and the act of sending back the resource to their past has to happen. Meddling with the time-space continuum is a dangerous endeavor – if the loop is not closed, temporal Anomalies will start tearing up the present!
Expand, prepare, and survive a cataclysm
Anachrony’s gameplay features a strong story arch with a game-altering turning point: an asteroid impact. This event will alter the available Actions, open up new ones, and initiate the countdown to the game’s end. With careful planning and preparation, players can even take advantage of the Impact’s effects.
Contents:
1 Main Board
4 Player Boards
4 Path Boards
1 Doomsday Board
1 Chronobot Board
1 Evacuation Action Tile
80 Plastic Resource Cubes
30 Plastic Water Drops
6 Custom Dice
20 Experiment Cards
8 Leader Cards
22 Recruit and Mine Pool Cards
16 Starting Asset Cards
9 Endgame Condition Cards
12 Dual-sided Timeline Tiles
1 Impact Tile
72 Building and Anomaly Tiles
18 Superproject Tiles
45 Breakthrough Tiles
4 Player Banners with Plastic Standee
1 Chronobot Banner
30 Exosuit Markers
80 Worker Tokens
15 Collapsing Capital Tiles
9 “Hex Unavailable” Tiles
24 Energy Core Tokens
44 Warp Tokens
16 Paradox Tokens
32 Path Markers
6 Chronobot Tokens
66 Victory Point Tokens
10 Tracker Tokens
80 Plastic Resource Tokens
3×1 Rulebooks
3×4 Player Aids
1 Scoring Pad
Ages: 15+
Players: 1-4
Game Length: 30-120 minutes
