Watch “Skymines a Review,” a board game review for Skymines from Bad At Boardgames on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Bad At Boardgames on YouTube:
We're heading to space and investing in our futures. Today, Brad and Toph sit down to discuss Skymines, the 2022 release by Viktor Kobilke and Alexander Pfister, and published by Pegasus Spiele.
Skymines is a medium to heavy weight game, right in the Bad at Board Games sweet spot. Will this become a favorite? What do Brad and Toph think? Stick around to find out!
00:00 - Start
00:48 - Hello
00:56 - Designer / Publisher
01:19 - Theme
01:50 - Appearance
04:52 - Mechanics
06:50 - Gameplay Cards
08:21 - Positives
09:38 - Toph Positive
11:01 - Toph Negative
11:53 - I disagree
13:33 - Toph Pros
14:50 - Toph Positive
15:50 - More Going on than Great Western Trail
16:42 - Cons Toph
17:43 - Negative Brad
19:24 - Negative Brad
21:10 - Weight Rating
22:42 - Value Rating
23:57 - Solo Rulebook
24:44 - Toph's BGG Rating
27:02 - Brad's BGG Rating
28:08 - Did you make it this far? Comment!
28:43 - Need Scores
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Skymines is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 9 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
1 - 4 players
75 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Skymines, from BoardGameGeek:
Fifty years ago, humanity began mining the Moon and the asteroids, and for decades that task was firmly kept in the hands of the World Government. But the turmoils of recent years have caused this enterprise to collapse. Now, adventurous companies and private investors take to the sky to revive this mining network.
As investors, you try to earn the most CrypCoin over the course of seven rounds. You do this by investing mined resources in companies and by spreading their outposts. You can improve your earnings by supporting your scientists' research and by having them collect precious helium-3.
The heart of Skymines is a unique card programming and hand management system that requires careful and clever planning. It provides deep player interaction by letting you invest in any of the four companies as you see fit.
And as the combination of company abilities changes each game, there are endless synergies and strategies to explore.
-description from the publisher