Age of Comics: The Golden Years

Players run a comic book publishing company during the Golden Age of comics (1938–1954), competing to accumulate the most fans, publish profitable titles, and build the strongest portfolio. Each round players place editors on six publishing tasks—hire, develop, ideas, print, sales, and royalties—to manage staffing, generate ideas, produce issues, and collect income. Printing a comic requires money, two matching idea tokens, and a cover plus writer and artist cards; a comic’s value equals its creatives’ values. A fan chart tracks readership and awards victory points based on ranking at the end of each round. Play lasts five rounds, and the highest total victory points wins.

Players: 1–4 best 3
Playing time: 50–120 min
Age: 13+
Complexity: 2.6 / 5

6.3 on LudoyaIndustry / ManufacturingComic Book / StripWorker Placement, Different Worker TypesEnd Game BonusesOpen Drafting

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Design: Giacomo Cimini
Sónia Gonçalves
Art: Laura Guglielmo
Publisher: Lirius Games

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25
Plays logged: 49
Players: 1h 51m
Average play: 15
In collections: 18
On wishlists: 1
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6.3/10

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Kush5.2
Turned out to be a little disappointing for me. It seemed like any other worker placement euro where you activate multiple action spots as steps to get what you want. Not a bad game, but other than the theme and some fun thematic elements, nothing special here. Also, a few things felt awkward like running out of cards, lack of interesting choices of things to do in the last round etc.
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