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Jan 17, 2025·Playthrough·46:43·0·Watch on YouTube

Shape of God - Vivarium Expansion Gameplay Demo

Machina Arcana

Machina Arcana

Watch “Shape of God - Vivarium Expansion Gameplay Demo,” a gameplay video for Machina Arcana (Second/Third Edition) from Machina Arcana on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Machina Arcana on YouTube:

This video showcases the new chapter cards—their redesigned layout and the exciting ways they now handle prologue, game setup, branching paths, and persistency across chapters. It’s a short demo, and the chapters are still a work in progress, but I’d love to hear your thoughts: Do the new chapters feel more immersive? More like an adventure? Let me know what you think—your feedback helps shape the future of this experience! ## Machina Arcana website https://machinaarcana.com/ ## Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachinaArcanaGroup ## BoardGameGeek entry https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/299121/machina-arcana-secondthird-edition ## Machina Arcana 3.5 Rules Update https://machinaarcana.com/guides/rules-update.html

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Machina Arcana (Second/Third Edition)

Machina Arcana (Second/Third Edition)

2019·Juraj Bilich

Videos
19
Creators
8

Mostly playthroughs. Machina Arcana (Second/Third Edition) is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 13 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Machina Arcana (Second/Third Edition), from BoardGameGeek:

In Machina Arcana, players take on the role of explorers who are investigating an ancient subterranean complex of unknown origin. They face monsters inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos in a steampunk setting. The adventurers collect equipment, interact and utilize their environment, fight monsters, and immerse themselves in the rich narrative elements. The complete story is broken down into different scenarios that represent a self-contained game. All of these scenarios contain chapters, each with its own narration and specifics. The objective of the game is to progress through the tale and face the endgame at the finale of each scenario. The main goal behind Machina Arcana is to provide players with a chilling game that can never be played the same way, mechanisms that enable varying strategies and approaches, and an extensive framework that combines everything smoothly. The game scales by default; there is no need for special conditions based on the player count. As the story progresses, so does your gear. But beware! If you are too slow, horror might very well prevail and devour you whole. The 2nd edition has a lot of improvement to the rules; as well as a new manual, new illustrations, new graphic design, and additional content. The 3rd edition includes no rule changes aside from rewordings to make the game more easier to understand, and to help the new players with the learning curve. But, the 3rd edition is the first one to offer other languages than English: French, German, Polish, and Spanish.

Designer

Juraj Bilich

Artists

Aleksandra Bilic, Richard Brownhill, Nele Diel, Sebastian Giacobino, Antal Kéninger, Maxim Kostin, Igor Krstic, Marek Madej and 3 more

Publisher

Adreama Games

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