
2020Alexander Pfister, Arno Steinwender
Some reviews. CloudAge is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 22 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 9 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
CloudAge is a strategy game from Alexander Pfister and Arno Steinwender. The award-winning authors have created a dark and dystopian world for 1 to 4 players. Fifteen years ago, the mysterious secret society "Cloud" set fire to countless oil production sites and burned down large forests to destabilize the world. The resulting environmental catastrophe had disastrous effects on the entire planet. Now, years later, you travel above the dried-out landscape in your airships, searching for a better life. You visit cities, send out drones to collect resources, and battle Cloud militia. An innovative sleeving mechanism makes a new, more immersive, form of resource gathering possible. Players try to predict which cloud-covered terrain will contain the desired amount of resources or where additional actions are possible. Resources allow players to develop useful upgrades for their airships or attract new crew members. CloudAge is a mix of engine-building, deck-building, and resource management. The campaign system makes it easy to start playing quickly, with new elements being introduced into the game as players progress through the chapters. While you play, you also experience and help guide the story. If you prefer, you can also play standalone story spin-offs as single scenarios. -description from the publisher
CloudAge has 57 videos from 46 creators: 22 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 9 playthroughs, 10 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2020 to March 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Game in a Nutshell - CloudAge (how to play)" by Nithrania - Game in a Nutshell, which runs 27 min. For a quicker teach, "CloudAge - Part 1: game set up [JLTEI]" by Just Let Terence Explain It runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "CloudAge Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 21 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "jPlay walks through CloudAge (2 players)" by jPlay, one of 9 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Boonlake, Great Western Trail: Second Edition, Great Western Trail and Pirates of Maracaibo, also by Alexander Pfister. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2020.
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2021Alexander Pfister
1 - 4 players75 - 150 minHeavy weight
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2 - 4 players75 - 150 minHeavy weight
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1 - 4 players40 - 100 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
CloudAge is a strategy game from Alexander Pfister and Arno Steinwender. The award-winning authors have created a dark and dystopian world for 1 to 4 players. Fifteen years ago, the mysterious secret society "Cloud" set fire to countless oil production sites and burned down large forests to destabilize the world. The resulting environmental catastrophe had disastrous effects on the entire planet. Now, years later, you travel above the dried-out landscape in your airships, searching for a better life. You visit cities, send out drones to collect resources, and battle Cloud militia. An innovative sleeving mechanism makes a new, more immersive, form of resource gathering possible. Players try to predict which cloud-covered terrain will contain the desired amount of resources or where additional actions are possible. Resources allow players to develop useful upgrades for their airships or attract new crew members. CloudAge is a mix of engine-building, deck-building, and resource management. The campaign system makes it easy to start playing quickly, with new elements being introduced into the game as players progress through the chapters. While you play, you also experience and help guide the story. If you prefer, you can also play standalone story spin-offs as single scenarios. -description from the publisher
Designers
Alexander Pfister, Arno Steinwender
Artist
Christian Opperer
Publisher
Nanox Games
Categories
Mechanics