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Area 1851

#126404BGG ↗

2015 · 2-5 players · 60min · weight 2.29 · 155 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
126404
Name
Area 1851
Year
2015
Rank
13284
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.2857
Num weights
7
Bayes avg
5.54942
Average
6.43142
Users rated
155
Num owned
306
Wanting
15
Wishing
124
Num comments
69
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Area MovementDice RollingOpen DraftingSet Collection
Categories (4)
American WestCard GameReal-timeScience Fiction
Description (1390 chars)

In Area 1851, you are one of the area's top five Tinkerers and you're looking to prove your grit to the citizens of this Wild West town. Each turn, players have to deal with and negotiate random events in the area, then continue the turn under those circumstances, by drawing Tinker cards to fill their hand up to five cards, then rolling dice to determine their resources for that turn. Players then spend those resources to build new Gadgets or augment their existing Gadgets with Modifications. These Gadgets and Modifications can then be Delivered to the townsfolk for Reputation. In addition players can choose to scrap cards from their hand, and pull them out of circulation. To assist them in their endeavor to build the best contraptions in the land, players utilize three Assistants that are granted one at a time as play progresses; activate the Assistants provides bonuses to the player from various locations around town. Players also have the opportunity to show their worthiness by picking up new Feat cards during their turn. Completing these Feats provide a nice boost in Reputation during, or even at the end of the game. Since it's hard to keep all your thoughts in one place as a tinker, players end the turn by passing their hands around the table to a neighbor. The player that has earned the most Reputation from Delivering Gadgets and accomplishing Feats wins!

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.