boardgamevideo
  • Trending
  • Videos
  • Games
  • Channels
  • Lists
  • Shorts

Explore

  • Home
  • Trending
  • Channels
  • Videos
  • Games
  • Lists
  • Shorts
  • Conventions
  • Year in Review

Browse by type

  • Reviews
  • How to play
  • Playthroughs
  • Unboxing
  • Top 100 lists
  • Featured videos
  • Trending this week
  • Rising games
  • Games with fresh review perspectives

Information

  • About
  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

© 2022–2026 BoardGameVideo.com

Powered by BGG
  • Videos
  • Trending
  • Shorts
  • Channels
  • Games
  • Lists
Oct 23, 2022·Playthrough·56:21·0·Watch on YouTube

DGA Plays Board Games: Ion: A Compound Building Game - 2nd Edition

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Watch “DGA Plays Board Games: Ion: A Compound Building Game - 2nd Edition,” a gameplay video for Ion: A Compound Building Game on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Dad's Gaming Addiction on YouTube:

DGA: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dadsgamingaddiction?ty=h Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=vmp0514%40msn.com&currency_code=USD YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dadsgamingaddiction Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dadsgamingaddiction/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DadsGamingAddiction/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DadsGmgAddction Website: http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/XcAerYN Support me by buying games here: Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=dadsgamingaddiction Green Man Gaming: https://www.greenmangaming.com/?tap_a=1964-996bbb&tap_s=241336-30d177 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Ig5m4G PC Specs: Windows 11, Intel Core i9-12900KF @ 3.20 GHz, GeForce GTX 3060 Ti

Explore more Videos

  1. Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game Unboxing3:13
    Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game Unboxing
    Gaming with Edo & Jessica
  2. Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute Unboxing3:03
    Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute Unboxing
    Family Meeple
  3. DGA Reviews Board Games: Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx & Star Trek: Lower Decks Fluxx13:01
    DGA Reviews Board Games: Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx & Star Trek: Lower Decks Fluxx
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  4. DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #6 (Khan)3:19:28
    DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #6 (Khan)
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  5. Oath: New Foundations - Game 1 of 5 - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard3:11:46
    Oath: New Foundations - Game 1 of 5 - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard
    Heavy Cardboard
  6. DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #8 (Sela)2:21:13
    DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #8 (Sela)
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  7. Kingdom Come Deliverance - Solo Playthrough3:03:46
    Kingdom Come Deliverance - Solo Playthrough
    Gaming Rules!
  8. TDG: Cody's Top Ten Epic Solitaire Games (October 2026)18:45
    TDG: Cody's Top Ten Epic Solitaire Games (October 2026)
    The Discriminating Gamer
  9. DGA News: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Resistance is Futile & Duty and Honor Announced!31:11
    DGA News: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Resistance is Futile & Duty and Honor Announced!
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  10. DGA Overviews: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Combining Boxes & Storage Solution20:10
    DGA Overviews: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Combining Boxes & Storage Solution
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  11. DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Picard vs Sela Ensign Bot2:59:30
    DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Picard vs Sela Ensign Bot
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
  12. DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #7 (Rebner)2:36:26
    DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #7 (Rebner)
    Dad's Gaming Addiction
Ion: A Compound Building Game

Ion: A Compound Building Game

2015·John Coveyou

2 - 7 players
20 - 40 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Ion: A Compound Building Game, from BoardGameGeek:

ION: A Compound Building Game is a card drafting game where players select from a number of available Ion Cards and Noble Gas cards with the goal of creating sets of compounds and inert noble gases. Here's how the game is played: Each player is dealt eight cards, must select one of those cards and then passes the remaining. Players must choose to either bond (pair) their selected card with another Element Card or set it alone (possibly to form an ionic bond at a later time). Throughout the game, players gain additional points for building specific compounds which are listed on the Compound Goal Cards and have available a set of Action Tiles which award them additional moves throughout the game. Players score points based upon the quantity and type of neutrally balanced compounds they construct and noble gas sets they collect. After three rounds, players add their total scores from each round, subtract points from Action Tiles used, and the player with the most points wins!

Designer

John Coveyou

Artist

Tomasz Bogusz

Publisher

Genius Games

Categories

Card GameEducational

Mechanics

DraftingPattern Building
View on BoardGameGeek ›
Ion: A Compound Building Game

Explore more videos

Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game UnboxingUnboxing3:13

Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game Unboxing

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute UnboxingUnboxing3:03

Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute Unboxing

Family Meeple

Family Meeple

DGA Reviews Board Games: Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx & Star Trek: Lower Decks FluxxReview13:01

DGA Reviews Board Games: Star Trek: Voyager Fluxx & Star Trek: Lower Decks Fluxx

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #6 (Khan)Playthrough3:19:28

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #6 (Khan)

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Oath: New Foundations - Game 1 of 5 - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy CardboardPlaythrough3:11:46

Oath: New Foundations - Game 1 of 5 - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #8 (Sela)Playthrough2:21:13

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #8 (Sela)

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Kingdom Come Deliverance - Solo PlaythroughPlaythrough3:03:46

Kingdom Come Deliverance - Solo Playthrough

Gaming Rules!

Gaming Rules!

TDG: Cody's Top Ten Epic Solitaire Games (October 2026)Collection18:45

TDG: Cody's Top Ten Epic Solitaire Games (October 2026)

The Discriminating Gamer

The Discriminating Gamer

DGA News: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Resistance is Futile & Duty and Honor Announced!How to play31:11

DGA News: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Resistance is Futile & Duty and Honor Announced!

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

DGA Overviews: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Combining Boxes & Storage SolutionHow to play20:10

DGA Overviews: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Combining Boxes & Storage Solution

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Picard vs Sela Ensign BotPlaythrough2:59:30

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Picard vs Sela Ensign Bot

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #7 (Rebner)Playthrough2:36:26

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #7 (Rebner)

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #9 (Pike)Playthrough2:37:52

DGA Plays Board Games: Star Trek: Captain's Chair - Solo / Cadet Practice #9 (Pike)

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Schadenfreude Review: Gone in 41 SecondsReview18:16

Schadenfreude Review: Gone in 41 Seconds

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

More videos about Ion: A Compound Building Game

Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game UnboxingUnboxing3:13

Edo's Ion: A Compound Building Game Unboxing

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute UnboxingUnboxing3:03

Ion: A Compound Building Game - 3-Minute Unboxing

Family Meeple

Family Meeple

Related Content

More Ion: A Compound Building Game videos
game

More Ion: A Compound Building Game videos

channel

More videos from this channel

Home
Videos
DGA Plays Board Games: Ion: A Compound Building Game - 2nd Edition