“Nucleum” – a new euro game by Simone Luciani and Dávid Turczi
Witness the dawn of the Nuclear Revolution!
“When Elsa von Frühlingfeld presented her invention to King Frederik Augustus II of Saxony, people thought it was trickery. She used the recently isolated element Uranium to heat up a jar of water and used the resulting steam to power an engine that kept the Uranium active via a process she called “atomization.” Her device, the Nucleum, ushered in a new era of energy and prosperity over the next decades. Saxony went from a minor regional power to the hub of European science and engineering.
Nucleum is a heavy euro board game in which players take role of industrialists trying to succeed during the economic and technological boom of 19th-century Saxony, fueled by the invention and spread of the Nucleum (a nuclear reactor).
Players earn victory points by developing their networks, building and powering urban buildings, securing contracts, and meeting milestones (randomized endgame goals). Each player also gets unique asymmetric technologies, giving them special powers when unlocked. Gameplay is continuous; players take turns one after another with no rounds or phases.
You will be able to join the Nucleum demo table on Friday! Visit our booth 2527 at GenCon to check what this fuss is about! Nucleum official release takes place at Spiel 2023.
Nucleum components
1 Main Board (Double-Sided)
1 Side Board
4 Player Boards
50 Action Tiles (Including 20 Base Action Tiles With Dots)
2 Special Action Tiles
50 Contract Tiles
1 Vp Flag Token
4 Vp Tokens (100/200)
10 Neutral Urban Building Tiles
5 Urban Rubble Tiles
3 Mining Rubble Tiles
3 Turbine Rubble Tiles
65 Thaler Tokens
46 Achievement Tokens
8 Milestone Tiles
4 Nucleum Tokens
4 Power Plant Standees
5 Endgame Condition Markers
1 First Player Marker
13 Coal Import Wagon Tiles
1 Riesa Power Plant Standee
24 Uranium Cubes
4 General Player Aids
13 Setup Cards
Per Player
1 Experiment Boards
1 Experiment Player Aid
1 Turbine Effect Tile
5 Starting Action Tiles
8 Technology Tiles
Per Player Colour
6 Milestone Markers
18 Worker Meeples
4 Turbine Tokens
3 Income Markers
4 Residences
4 Factories
4 Laboratories
4 Mine Tiles
1 Victory Point Marker
Build mines on a realistic map, urbanize cities with 3 different types of buildings, and construct turbines that allow you to process more Uranium. All these things can only be done if you are connected to the cities with your railway networks using colored Action tiles that need to match the color of the city for the maximum benefits.
Unlock 8 unique abilities that characterize your asymmetric faction, collect resources, fulfill contracts, meet Milestones set by the King himself, and become the most successful entrepreneur in history!”
