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Rating:	8 Very Good
Popularity:	5
Difficulty:	Easy
Year:	2015
Players:	2-4 players
Playing time:	60-90 minutes
Age:	12+

Created by: Kenneth Minde, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Gjermund Bohne

Published by: Aporta Games

Description:

In Automania, you run a car factory, trying to produce the most popular cars in the market. To achieve this, you buy tiles to upgrade and customize your factory, and hire specialist employees to help you.

Central to the game are the factory boards: Each player has a factory with three assembly lines, and each assembly line produces one type of car. You can put machine tiles along your assembly lines to change the specifications of your cars.

However, your three assembly lines intersect, so each machine tile placed might affect more than one type of car - which means you have to think carefully about where you put those machines.

When a car is produced, it must be sold in one of two markets, and the better the specifications of the car is in line with the demand in the chosen market, the more popular the car will be. The most popular cars reap the highest profits, earning money or prestige - which is what you need to win this game.

Prices:

Retail Price:	$40
Amazon:	$43
Ebay:	$19

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Automania Game Rules

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Setup

1. Place the game board in the middle of the table.

2. Place the grey round marker on the first space of the round track.

3. Sort the autobucks and place them near the game

4. Sort the 72 factory tiles by back side (A and B) and shuffle each stack separately. Place 18 of the A-tiles face up on the game board: 16 in the action area, and 2 below the sales offices.

Remaining A and B tiles are placed next to the game board.

5. Place the 10 black neutral workers in a pile near the game board. â€¦

Automania Additional Rules

Advanced Game

Once players get familiar with the game, you can agree to use the B-sides of the factory boards. During set-up, first determine player order.

Then, starting with the last player and proceeding in reverse player order, each player in turn picks one factory board and places it in front of themselves with the B-side facing up. Each factory provides its owner a special power:

Sumato

Cheap and classy: Before the game begins, take the oval marker with the green City car. This counts as an extra city car tile. â€¦

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