In Chemical Overload, the current Master Alchemist is about to retire, but he has been preparing for it by training his apprentices for years. Certainly, the Alchemy Academy has been quite brutal so far, but the end is near. The final exam will be tough, but it will be worth it if you manage to surpass your peers and earn the title of Master Alchemist!
Chemical Overload BASE is a Deck Building and Tableau Building game themed around Alchemy. In this game, players compete to create various potions with unique effects. At the end of the final exam, you will be judged on the quality of your potions, measured by the number of Alchemy Points accumulated. Do this before the laboratory fills with toxic fumes and the exam is interrupted. The alchemist with the most Alchemy Points wins the game!
For a variant of a classic deck-building game, when a player gains new cards, such as new chemicals or a freshly prepared potion, these are placed directly on top of their draw pile.
The bottles or table potions won can be placed immediately in the board area. Players will be able to choose the unused cards in their hand that they wish to keep at the end of the turn and those they wish to discard, while keeping an eye on the cards they will draw in the next turn.
DELUXE Chemical Surcharge offers the following bonuses:
4-player boards
20 new solo difficulty cards
34 solo potion cards
60 metal coins
60 plastic gems
1 wooden toxin tracer
1 wooden player marker
Authors: Michael Crandall, Katie Crandall
Artists: James Churchill, Viktoriya Fajardo, Maxim Khodyrev
Language: EN
Age: 13+
Average duration: 45-75 MIN
Difficulty level: MEDIUM GAME
Number of players: 1-4
