Age of Inventors (2024)

Overview

Age of Inventors takes you to the second half of the 19th century, where groundbreaking inventions are about to reshape how people live, work, travel, and communicate. As a leader of innovation, your mission is to guide humanity toward a bright new future. Choose one of four types of Laboratories—Government, Corporate, University, or Innovator—each offering unique, asymmetrical abilities. Manage your Lab by acquiring Equipment, hiring legendary inventors like Tesla, Curie, and Einstein, and gathering the scientific resources needed to fuel your creations. Spend your Ideas wisely to claim new inventions, using your lab assistants to research and gather Physics, Chemistry, or Engineering resources. Collaborate with inventors placed by you and your opponents to bring inventions to life, advancing humanity along Industrial, Economic, and Academic tracks. Success is measured not only by completed inventions but also by secret strategies: clever invention placement, Breakthrough Tokens, and fulfilling experiments. Keep an eye on your Ingenuity rank, which offers powerful advantages—at a cost. With ever-changing Inventor and Invention patterns, Breaking News events each round, and a mix of Worker Placement, Action Selection, and tile placement, Age of Inventors offers fast, intense, and highly replayable gameplay—perfect for both families and hardcore euro gamers alike.