
2023Giacomo Cimini, Sónia Gonçalves
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Age of Comics: The Golden Years is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 17 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 15 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Age of Comics: The Golden Years Age of Comics: The Golden Years is a worker placement management game in which players will run a publishing company during the golden age of comics (1938-54). The objective of the game is to accumulate the highest number of fans, make money by publishing comics and create the best portfolio of comic books. In each round the players take turns positioning their editors onto 6 different publishing tasks: hire, develop, ideas, print, sales, and royalties. To print a comic book, a player must pay using monetary resources, must use 2 identical idea tokens and must have a comic book cover, a writer and an artist card, with the comic's value determined by the values of its creatives (artist + writer). The game lasts 5 rounds. Throughout the game, a fan chart will track the number of fans accumulated by the comics and will award victory points based on the players' ranking at the end of every round. The winner is the player who scores the most victory points at the end of five rounds.
Age of Comics: The Golden Years has 55 videos from 44 creators: 17 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 15 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2022 to June 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Age of Comics: The Golden Years: Learn to Play" by BoardGameTeacher, which runs 11 min. For a quicker teach, "How To Insert - Age Of Comics: The Golden Years Collector's Edition storage" by Franksie's Mediocre Tabletop Gaming runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Age of Comics: The Golden Years | A Rahdo Preview by Kimberly" by Rahdo Runs Through. 17 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Age of Comics Overview, Playthrough, & Review" by Board Game Empire, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Moon, Starship Captains, Nusfjord or Wyrmspan, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2022.
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2022Peter B. Hoffgaard
1 - 4 players25 - 100 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Age of Comics: The Golden Years Age of Comics: The Golden Years is a worker placement management game in which players will run a publishing company during the golden age of comics (1938-54). The objective of the game is to accumulate the highest number of fans, make money by publishing comics and create the best portfolio of comic books. In each round the players take turns positioning their editors onto 6 different publishing tasks: hire, develop, ideas, print, sales, and royalties. To print a comic book, a player must pay using monetary resources, must use 2 identical idea tokens and must have a comic book cover, a writer and an artist card, with the comic's value determined by the values of its creatives (artist + writer). The game lasts 5 rounds. Throughout the game, a fan chart will track the number of fans accumulated by the comics and will award victory points based on the players' ranking at the end of every round. The winner is the player who scores the most victory points at the end of five rounds.
Designers
Giacomo Cimini, Sónia Gonçalves
Artist
Laura Guglielmo
Publisher
Lirius Games
Mechanics