Anachrony (2017)

“Anachrony is a masterpiece, it’s rapidly become a title that I would be willing to list among my favorite games. It’s a one-in-a-million design with huge ambition and a heartfelt attempt at conveying science fiction narrative through game mechanics.”

“I don’t know what else to say about this game…..it is a fantastic game! It will never leave my collection and will challenge Dominant Species as my favorite game ever!”

“Carl King considers Anachrony the top game in his collection, highly recommending it for its excellent production, robust solo mode, and engaging strategic worker placement gameplay.”

“Board Game Quest highly recommends Anachrony, praising its innovative worker placement mechanics with different worker types and exosuits, which offer a distinct and rewarding strategic experience.”

Rahdo highly praises "Anachrony" for its exceptional production quality, stunning visuals, and deeply strategic worker placement gameplay, particularly appreciating its innovative time-travel mechanics and significant replayability. He describes it as a very "thinky" and cleverly designed heavy Euro game.

The reviewer expressed enthusiastic praise for Anachrony, citing it as a top worker placement game due to its unique time travel mechanic, strategic depth, and high replayability, with a notable sense of accomplishment from its challenging gameplay.

The reviewer highly praises Anachrony for its exceptional depth and replayability, noting the game's extensive variety through different boards for player counts, character cards, and 'B' boards. They consider its value proposition to be among the best in gaming due to the sheer amount of content and gameplay it offers.

The reviewer highly recommends Anachrony, praising its strong thematic integration, engaging components, and overall excellent gameplay, despite acknowledging that some might find it overproduced or slightly unbalanced.

“Anachrony is a thinky affair, a game rich with theme and backstory, and rewarding gameplay if a player can execute on their strategy. It’s a game I have never won, and I’ll almost certainly struggle to win because of the investment required to get better at it.”

The reviewer highly recommends Anachrony for fans of Euro games, praising its unique worker placement mechanics, well-realized theme, significant variety, and how it feels distinct from other games in their collection.

The reviewer highly praises Anachrony, calling it a surprisingly cohesive and immersive worker placement game that excels even at two players, despite its complexity, and has quickly become a favorite.

The reviewer enthusiastically praises Anachrony as a brilliant and strategic worker placement game that masterfully integrates its complex time-travel theme without becoming confusing, highlighting its intuitive mechanics, engaging worker economy, and excellent production quality.

“Anachrony is highlighted as a compelling worker placement game that stands out in its genre due to its rich and deep time travel storyline, offering more strategic 'tug of war' compared to other similar titles.”

The reviewer enthusiastically praises Anachrony, highlighting its elegant integration of theme and challenging mechanisms, which keeps players constantly engaged. They appreciate its unique turn structure, strategic planning, robust engine building, thematic asymmetric gameplay, and effective solo mode with expansion integration.

The reviewer found Anachrony to be a captivating worker placement strategy game with an intriguing time-travel theme, expressing a strong desire to explore its depths further despite its considerable setup time.

“Anachrony has been on my wish list for a long time, and it certainly hasn’t disappointed.”

“Anachrony, however, has found one last lodestone: time travel. With some other smart tweaks to the formula and high production values, this is one of 2017's heavyweight champions.”

“In short, it is an easy recommendation for seasoned- and occasional board gamers who have someone to teach them the game. Overall, it receives a near-perfect 4.5/5 because it is a fantastic game with robust mechanics, good replay value, a thematic art style, and good-quality components.”

The reviewer praises Anachrony as a fantastic game with well-implemented mechanisms, outstanding production, and a unique, cohesive theme that consistently impresses. They particularly enjoy the layers of strategy and the effective integration of the time travel concept.

The reviewer highly regards Anachrony as a top-tier board game, appreciating its unique worker placement mechanics and time-travel theme that provides a cohesive and mentally immersive experience, making it a standout in the genre.

The reviewer found Anachrony to be a highly engaging and strategically rich board game, praising its well-integrated time-travel theme and the complex permutations that make for a fun and deeply satisfying experience. The extensive coverage of the game and its expansion by the channel suggests a very positive overall impression.

“It’s the greatest board games of all-time, Neilan edition!”

The reviewer highlights that Anachrony with the Fractures of Time expansion introduces engaging new mechanics like 'blinking' for additional actions and new worker types, enhancing the strategic depth of the base game.

The reviewer presents Anachrony as a complex yet engaging worker placement and time travel game set in a post-apocalyptic future, highlighting its core mechanics of resource management, building, and the unique challenges of temporal paradoxes.

The reviewer found that while Anachrony can initially be a complex and lengthy worker placement game, its strong theme, unique time travel mechanic, and high replayability, particularly when enhanced by the 'Fractures of Time' expansion, ultimately make it a phenomenal and enduring board game experience.

The reviewer highly praises Anachrony as a wonderful-looking game and an excellent example of the worker placement genre, highlighting its solo Chronobot mode as a standout feature. However, they note that the game is expensive and feels incomplete without the additional Exo Suit expansion, and its numerous mechanics might be overwhelming for some players.

“The Tabletop Crier praises Anachrony for its intricate mechanics and impressive components, like the crystalline water droplets and detailed mechs, finding the overall experience highly engaging despite minor issues with indistinguishable cardboard elements and tracks.”

The reviewers consider Anachrony a really solid and impressive heavy Eurogame with significant variety and many neat aspects, particularly praising its deep strategy and different game outcomes. They appreciate the thematic integration and the meaningful choices players face throughout the game.

The reviewer provides a detailed playthrough and review of Anachrony, highlighting its intricate worker placement mechanics and time-travel elements, suggesting a well-regarded and engaging experience.

The reviewer, who once highly regarded Anachrony, now finds it to be an overly complex and brain-melting experience that has lost its initial charm, making it difficult to recommend for most players due to the significant mental effort required.