Kickstart This! #174: Kanban EV

“Kanban EV focuses on resource and time management, putting the player in the driver’s seat of an entire production facility, racing for factory goals and the highest level of promotion. Players take on the role of rookie employees trying to secure their careers. They need to manage supplies and suppliers, improve and innovate automobile parts, and get their hands greasy on the assembly line in order to boost production and impress Sandra, the factory manager.”

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Kickstart This! #173: The Rival Networks

“The Rival Networks is a standalone two-player version of The Networks. You and your opponent are new television networks, and you need new programming. For this, you’ll need Shows, Stars, and Ads. Finally, shows age and viewers lose interest, so you have to keep your line-up fresh by canceling shows and sending them into reruns. Fortunately, you can get viewers from your reruns, and you’ll get bonuses if you get a lot of shows of the same genre throughout the game. ”

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Kickstart This! #171: It’s a Wonderful World Ascension

It’s a Wonderful World is a card drafting and engine building game where players draft 7 cards and then choose which ones to recycle (to immediately acquire Resources) and which ones to keep (for Construction, producing Resources and/or gaining victory points each round). Ascension cards introduce new ways to play, most notably through pair scoring and corruption, and also allows play with up to 6 players.

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