Gremlins, Inc. is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Steal resources, extort bribes, manipulate elections, arrest other players and send them telegrams of misfortune… Unleash your inner gremlin!
About the story
You think that’s just a pocket watch in your hand, a watch that’s a bit late because you keep forgetting to wind it up? No, no and no – you couldn’t be further from the truth! What you carry around is a whole gremlin town packed into this tiny mechanism: a town with its own bank, its own casino… and even its own jail! Gremlins are the microscopic creatures that inhabit any mechanism that they can possibly infiltrate. If a watch or a telescope malfunctions, then it’s probably due to gremlins who took up a residence there. More than anything in life, gremlins value money, political power and prestige: prestige that one can claim after completing some sort of a grandiose engineering project. Aside from working on their own projects, gremlins mostly spend their time preventing other gremlins from building something even more grandiose. This they achieve through bribing officials and lying to the electorate, as well through stealing from their competitors - and outright arresting them.
Platforms
Linux Mac PCGenres
Card & Board Game Indie Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS)Themes
Fantasy Party
Languages: English and 12 more
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Critic Reviews
Critical Hit
By Zoe HawkinsLike all board games, Gremlins Inc is designed to be played with friends. If you're going to play this on your own, it's hard to recommend, but if you want to destroy your friendships by cheating over everyone on your path to victory, this might be a digital board game that's worth your while.
COGconnected
By Alexander ThomasGremlins Inc could happily be mistaken for an updated version of Monopoly, but given there are so many variations, I rather see it as Monopoly reinvented.
GameSpew
By Becca S.There are a ton of other elements to Gremlins Inc. that definitely made it hard to get used to at first – although the extensive tutorial did help a ton
GameGrin
By Gary “Dominoid” SheppardUltimately, this is a game which will not be for everyone. That high level of complexity will be a barrier to a lot of players. But if you have the patience and desire to spend a lot of time picking through the intricacies of the game, then it’s a very rewarding experience and one which I heartily recommend.
Impulsegamer
By Alayna ColeCheat, steal, and bribe your way to victory while destroying your friendships in this digital boardgame.
