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The Idles box — asymmetric board game published by 2 Tomatoes for 2 players
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The Idles

The Idles is an asymmetric card game for two players, set in a mid-20th century America obsessed with productivity. One player controls Maxwell, the supercomputer of Moloch Industries, while the other is the employee who must prove their worth. Quick and dynamic games, with an app to create custom decks.

A board game by Unai Rubio
Publisher: 2 Tomatoes
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The Idles is an asymmetric card game for two players, set in a mid-20th century America obsessed with productivity. One player controls Maxwell, the supercomputer of Moloch Industries: aligning their programs and defending them with supervisors until they are executed. The other is the employee who must prove their worth by earning productivity awards or risk being branded as an idler.

Quick and dynamic games, easy to set up. The game is designed by the creator of Caper: Europe. A Babll app allows players to create and share their own decks, with card balancing updates. It includes an Identity Mode for deck generation.

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Mechanics: Punti azione Puntate e bluff Costruzione mazzo Hand Management Secret Unit Deployment Take That
Categories: Card Games Politica
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BARCODE: 8437030004005
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Description Description

The Idles is an asymmetric card game for two players, set in a mid-20th century America obsessed with productivity. One player controls Maxwell, the supercomputer of Moloch Industries: aligning their programs and defending them with supervisors until they are executed. The other is the employee who must prove their worth by earning productivity awards or risk being branded as an idler.

Quick and dynamic games, easy to set up. The game is designed by the creator of Caper: Europe. A Babll app allows players to create and share their own decks, with card balancing updates. It includes an Identity Mode for deck generation.

Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Punti azione Puntate e bluff Costruzione mazzo Hand Management Secret Unit Deployment Take That
Categories: Card Games Politica
Alternative names:
BARCODE: 8437030004005
This was seen 306 times

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Pr2two BGG user
10.0/10

The ai gen is here unfortunately and everyone seems to gatekeep art like it's their thing. It's silly. Almost as bad as when photographers and painters were complaining about digital artists and Photoshop and calling it "not art". At the end of the day, ai makes things cheaper and easier to produce for small studios. We're here for the games right? If a bigger studio/publisher wants to pick it up and redo the art then go for it. But last words for the seething "artists". If you made great art, AI wouldn't take your job, maybe it's a you problem and perhaps your art isn't as good as you think it is. It's time to embrace and adapt to make good art, great art.

TheRealPelon316 BGG user
10.0/10

Like someone said in the forums, the AI cat is already out of the bag and there’s no way we’re gonna get rid off it now, so… I wanna qualify a game for the quality of the design and I have no doubt that its creator (Unai) will deliver another monster banger here.

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