Factory 42 (engl.)

Description

Factory 42 (engl.) is a strategy game for 2 to 5 players aged 14+ with a playing time of 120 minutes. Players act as dwarven factory foremen in a steampunk world, managing workers and overcoming bureaucracy to meet production quotas. The game combines worker placement and a cube tower mechanic, emphasizing resource management and player interaction.

For the Greater Good Edition

Spiel direkt eG distributes English and German editions of this game. This entry is for the ENGLISH edition. For that reason, all the following texts are only in English.

Factory 42 tells the story of the workweek of a Marxist dwarven society in an industrial steampunk setting. Players take the roles of factory Overseers striving to manage the most efficient workforce. It combines worker placement and a cube tower to create a resource management puzzle with a large amount of player interaction.

Factory 42 is a worker-placement game set in the world of Zanziar. Two to five players compete as Dwarven factory foremen guiding their workers through the manufacturing process and earning rewards from the fulfillment of government orders.
But bureaucracy hinders the smooth flowing of the factory affecting the supply of resources andpenalising foremen for failing to fulfill orders. Factory quotas must be met, rivals undercut, toolsimproved and shady deals made.

The factory production line has quotas to be met, rivals to undercut, tools to improve, and shady deals to be made.

Life is tough for a Dwarf on the production line, especially for the team leaders.

Players take on the roles of the foremen of Factory 42. They must manage workers and commissars to overcome bureaucracy and ensure production goals are met in order to fulfill government needs and desires.

The general process control at Factory 42 is as follows:

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