CrowD Games

City of the Great Machine is a strategy game set in a grim universe of technocratic Victorian steampunk. The game is about the conflict between the Great Machine, an artificial intelligence network and an alliance of Heroes. The Great Machine is either player controlled or automated, which completely changes the gameplay. The Great Machine controls the city built on mobile platforms in the sky. The player controlling the Great Machine commands an army of sophisticated servants and mechanical guardians. The Great Machine's ultimate goal is to quell social unrest and complete its grandiose Master Plan to perfect humanity. The other players are heroes who band together against the Great Machine to start a revolution. They encourage discontent in the city, enlist the support of famous citizens and cause riots. They also try to prevent the Great Machine from completing the Master Plan, as it leads to the enslavement of humanity.

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The battle between the Resistance and the Great Machine reaches a whole new level. New heroes with unique abilities join the side of the Revolution, as the Great Machine strengthens its Servants with powerful implants and sends its new covertly trained Servant into the field. The government surveillance airship now hovers over the City, offering new opportunities for both sides of the conflict. The "Escalation" expansion consists of 4 separate modules suitable for One-vs-Many play as well as Solo and Cooperative play. You can add different combinations of them to your games. Each module combines perfectly with each other and the basic game. In addition, the expansion offers a challenging scenario called "Aeterna" that is specifically designed for Solo and Cooperative play.

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The brave heroes represented in the base game did their utmost to resist the Great Machine... but unfortunately they failed. The stand-in heroes continue what their predecessors fought for! The "Stand-In Heroes" expansion adds 6 new heroes with exceptional skills and tactics. Each of them takes the place of the corresponding hero from the base game in their final attempt to stop the Great Machine.

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In En Route you take on the role of a guide and create routes to explore cities, from New York to Rio de Janeiro and the fictional First City full of geek references. Cities have specific mechanics and play in different ways. Together with other players, you select maps with tourists and coordinates for route segments that you draw on your city map, connecting sights and attractions to create the perfect tour route. This game mechanic allows for a lot of interaction between players, which guarantees dynamic and intense gaming fun.

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It is always winter in a distant land. Once a year, Winter Queen announces a special competition for her court wizards. They create magical ornaments with enchanted crystals and the queen pays them with gold coins. The one who collects the most coins until the end of the competition becomes the advisor to the next queen. In the abstract family game Winter Queen you take on the role of the wizards of Winter Queen and create magical ornaments from enchanted crystals. Each turn you place a new crystal on the board or use already placed crystals to score victory points, depending on the spellbooks you and your opponents have.

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In Windmill: Cozy Stories, players are storytellers who weave short stories based on the hidden picture cards they draw. While one player tells a story, the other players try to guess the visible card that matches the story. The more opponents guess incorrectly, the more points the narrator gets if someone eventually correctly identifies the card. On the other hand, if all players don't guess the picture, the storyteller loses points instead of gaining them! You score points both by telling stories that are correctly identified and by guessing the stories of others. Whoever scores the most points during the game wins.

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