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Perpetual-Motion Machine

#69318BGG ↗

2010 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 1.64 · 230 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
69318
Name
Perpetual-Motion Machine
Year
2010
Rank
12955
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.64
Num weights
25
Bayes avg
5.55188
Average
6.09513
Users rated
230
Num owned
263
Wanting
9
Wishing
38
Num comments
81
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Hand ManagementSet Collection
Categories (2)
Card GameIndustry / Manufacturing
Description (959 chars)

They said it couldn't be done. They were right. Nonetheless, you've been enlisted to help inventor extraordinaire Ted Alspach put the finishing touches on his Perpetual-Motion Machine. Your job is to make the machine as efficient as possible, so that you might fool the unsuspecting public long enough to make Mr. Alspach incredibly rich before he's chased out of town by a crazed mob of very cranky investors. You're pitted against one to three other players who are also looking to get as famous as possible by riding Mr. Alspach's coattails. You'll need cunning, foresight and a bit of luck in order to beat your opponents. Perpetual-Motion Machine is a game of set collection, skill-tree building, and long and short term strategy. Race against other players to build the most efficient machine possible using limited resources. As you build, you'll choose which areas to focus on to ensure victory. Reimplemented by Kniffel: Das Kartenspiel

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.