Info About Fission
Fission puts you in the shoes of an up-and-coming energy mogul trying to make your mark in the nuclear industry. In each round one player takes on the role of CEO, guiding a draft of research cards that promise everything from extra uranium to better cooling rods. Meanwhile, the rest of you are jockeying to snag the best bits of that research, stacking cards in front of you to build the engine that will power your reactors. It’s a neat bit of bidding and drafting that feels both familiar and fresh.
As you slot icons into your tableau—uranium, coolant, money and energy—you’ll start to see how different card combinations can turbocharge your output. Want to crank out extra energy this turn? Maybe you’ll invest in more cooling capacity first, or sneak a research boost that multiplies your uranium harvest. Every decision spins into the next round, and pruning down your hand or hoarding a trick card can be the difference between a steady score or a catastrophic meltdown.
Speaking of meltdowns, Fission’s tension is real. Push your reactor’s temperature too high without the proper cooling in place, and you’ll blow a gasket—losing points, skipping actions, or worse. Betting on risky plays feels great when they pay off, and you really get a sense of that high-stakes atmosphere as players jockey for dominance on the score track. It’s a tightrope walk between bold, big-score turns and playing it safe to protect what you’ve already built.
By the end of the game—after as many rounds as there are players plus one—you’ve usually got a nice, compact engine humming away in front of you, and you can look back at how your strategy unfolded. It’s quick to teach, offers enough strategic depth to keep you coming back, and presents a sweet mix of tension and reward. Whether you love engine-builders or just want a new twist on worker-drafting, Fission delivers a fun, pulse-quickening spin on running a nuclear empire.