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Metro 2033 Breakthrough

underground Resources and influence

Post-apocalyptic topic, based on the novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky - survivors set up a new civilization in the Moscow Metro. You begin with five Faction markers for your population and your goal is to double your faction. In your turn you can do one of three main action options: 1) Play a card from hand, pay with faction markers and then take an open or face-down card Payment is made by moving the necessary factions markers from the area above your faction card to an area below it. 2) You discard a card, receive the cost – faction markers are moved from below to above your faction card - and take a card. Active cards that are discarded trigger effects for all players. 3) You discard three cards without receiving income and take/draw three cards. Card types are Resources, Stations, Caravan, Heroes and Threats.

At any time during your turn you can do any number of free actions: Complete a Quest or Clear Up. To complete a quest you deliver resources, with gives you support and enhances your influence. Resources are represented by symbols on cards. If you have completed a quest you take a faction marker from stock and place it above your card and also move all markers from below to above. When Cleaning up you discard cards you played, with the exception of the Faction card. If you discard a Station card, markers on it go back to your Faction card. If you are first to own ten markers of your faction you win.

This game is a variation of the topic from Metro 2033, this time with cards only and with an emphasis on resources management, which can be done via card management of cards in hand. Very strategic, with unusual interaction.

Players: 2-5

Age: 12+

Time: 60+

Designer: Evgeniy Nikitin

Artist: Sergey Dulin

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Hobby World 2015

Web: www.hobbyworld.ru

Genre: Cards, resources

Users: With friends

Version: en

Rules: en ru

In-game text: no

Comments:

Bleak, good graphics

Very concise rules

Good mix of resources and hand management

Sequel to the Metro 2033

Compares to:

Metro 2033

Other editions:

Hobby World (ru)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0