The potion-brewing deckbuilder Chemical Overload is back on Kickstarter, and if you have been meaning to add a little chaos to your table, the clock is ticking. Its first full expansion, Entropy, wraps up on 25 June.
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Set up your group for freeChemical Overload, from Rebirth Games, is a deck-building and tableau-building game for 1 to 4 players where you take on the role of a budding alchemist racing to brew the most valuable potions without letting your toxin tracker boil over. It built a small but devoted following after its original Kickstarter campaign, and you can already play it online at Board Game Arena if you want to see what the fuss is about before committing any cash.
Entropy is a proper, full-size expansion rather than a handful of promo cards. The campaign packs in over 550 cards, including 40 new potions plus high-end "level 7" potions, ornate potions and specialty flasks. There is a modular "Curiosities and Oddities" board that bolts on side objectives, four alternate toxin trackers to change up the difficulty, and reworked solo options with both gentler and nastier settings for players who brew alone.
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Find events near youBackers have clearly been thirsty for more. As of this week the campaign has blown past 540% of its modest 7,500 dollar goal, pulling in more than 40,000 dollars from over 340 supporters, according to tracking site Kicktraq. You will need the base or deluxe game to use it.
With only a couple of days left, this is one for existing fans and anyone who fancies a crunchy, combo-driven game that works just as well solo as it does with a small group. Time to rally the chemists in your life and find a game night near you.
Sources: Kickstarter | Kicktraq | Rebirth Games | Board Game Arena
